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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows 10 and 11 => Topic started by: MELG8 on April 01, 2019, 12:38:38 PM

Title: Data transfer from Windows 7 to Windows 10
Post by: MELG8 on April 01, 2019, 12:38:38 PM

Okay let me explain my issue hopefully clearer.  My desktop computer used Windows 7. I had Microsoft Office 2007 on it and used Excel for my personal finances. I backed up my entire computer on an external hard drive(WD My Passport). My finances also backed up on a flash drive.My computer crashed. My new desktop uses Windows 10. I have tried to open the flash drive and it comes up stating it cannot read Word 2007.  How can I get the important data that I have on my flash drives and external hard drive. :o

Title: Re: Data transfer from Windows 7 to Windows 10
Post by: Allan on April 01, 2019, 01:07:00 PM

Do you have Word (or Office) installed on the new system? If so, there's no reason it cannot open a document from a previous version of Word

Title: Re: Data transfer from Windows 7 to Windows 10
Post by: SuperDave on April 01, 2019, 03:56:44 PM

Please tell what type of files are on the flash drive? Do you mean you saved each MS file to the drive?

Title: Re: Data transfer from Windows 7 to Windows 10
Post by: patio on April 01, 2019, 07:02:54 PM

Bad flash drive,,,see above it shoulda worked.
Hope you have other backups...