Windows Data Migration Tool - First Release

Description

Even installing Linux is a breeze. Thousands of Windows user found Linux is difficult to use and worry about the competity of documents. The goal of Windows Data Migration is provide a one-stop data migration to migrate all Windows data from a Windows System to Linux during installation or even after installation. It will support XP and Vista Windows data.


Features

= A user-friendly, simple GUI with advanced setting will provide the ease of use and flexibility to new comer. = File System (folder) sharing will provide the flexibility when new linux user needs to rely on Windows when needed. User can save data in a special directory/folder for Windows System. = All instance messager, images, audio, movies and documents will be migrated and supported. Associated open-source software, freeware will be installed during migration. =

After a typical user has installed Linux in a pre-existing windows system, there is a number of configuration steps that must be taken before they get a comfortable working environment. This includes personal data like pictures, music, mails etc but also settings like wallpaper. The goal would be to lessen that pain and provide a relatively familiar working environment right after installation.

Windows Data Migration Tool
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* 1 Description
* 2 Features
* 3 Basic Functions
* 4 Program Logic Flow v0.1 20081012
* 5 Future Developement / Advanced Functions:
* 6 Links
* 7 To Do

Description

Even installing Linux is a breeze. Thousands of Windows user found Linux is difficult to use and worry about the competity of documents. The goal of Windows Data Migration is provide a one-stop data migration to migrate all Windows data from a Windows System to Linux during installation or even after installation. It will support XP and Vista Windows data.


Features

= A user-friendly, simple GUI with advanced setting will provide the ease of use and flexibility to new comer. = File System (folder) sharing will provide the flexibility when new linux user needs to rely on Windows when needed. User can save data in a special directory/folder for Windows System. = All instance messager, images, audio, movies and documents will be migrated and supported. Associated open-source software, freeware will be installed during migration. =

After a typical user has installed Linux in a pre-existing windows system, there is a number of configuration steps that must be taken before they get a comfortable working environment. This includes personal data like pictures, music, mails etc but also settings like wallpaper. The goal would be to lessen that pain and provide a relatively familiar working environment right after installation.


Basic Functions

= data migration

- copying all information and documents to linux partition
- or having a windows-linux share partition or folder

= documents migrations (file will be copied automatically in the user folders

- image (jpeg
- audio (mp3, wav, rm
- movie (avi, mpeg4, divx, xvid, rm, mov,
- documents (xls, doc, rtf, txt, wri,
- wallpaper

= User migration

- User name search and add with password

Program Logic Flow v0.1 20081012

- Show welcome page and descriptions
- Search Windows User Folders
- Gethering folders information
- Check if Fedora User parition is enough for all documents from Windows users
- Prompt if administrator wants every thing automatic -> go to AUTO else -> go to MANUAL


AUTO

- List all possible users and ask if every thing is correct
- Ask for dummy password for each user
- Automatic create User
- Automatic move User documents to each user directory
- Automatic migrate bookmarks to Konqueror

MANUAL

- List all possible users and ask for individual password
- Prompt each folder that copy to Fedora partition, and see if administrator wants to move files to a specific folder
- Prompt each user when move bookmarks to Konqueror
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Future Developement / Advanced Functions:

= environment migration

- mail account, mails

= Windows a-like environment setting. = automatic download applications associate all file type = IM migration = import mail database (outlook, thunderbird, etc)


Links

Windows Data Migration Tool in Fedora Project Wiki:
https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Windows_data_migration_Tool&action=edit

Windows Data Migration Tool in OpenSource@Seneca:
http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Windows_Data_Migration_Tool