Migrating your data into Xubuntu

This chapter provides instructions on importing your data from Windows applications to the corresponding Xubuntu applications. The instructions assume that you will use the default collection of applications installed with Xubuntu and have followed the instructions in the the section called “Pesiapan untuk migrasi” chapter.

Files

You will probably want to move your files into your Home folder. It is considered good practice to store all of your personal files (such as documents, pictures, music and the like) in your Home folder. Then, they are all in one easily-accessed location.

To access your Home folder, press ApplicationsAccessoriesThunar File Manager. You can create new folders inside your Home folder by pressing FileCreate Folder. You may find it useful to create folders for different types of files, such as music and photos. This will help to keep things organized and you will be able to find your files more quickly and easily if they are categorized in this manner.

How you copy your files from Windows into your Home folder will depend on how you decided to store your files from Windows. See the section called “Transferring your data safely” for more information on this. However you decided to store your files, the procedure for transferring them across is very simple. For a CD or DVD for example, you would use the following procedure:

  1. Insert the disc into the disc drive of your computer. After a short while, a disc icon should appear on your desktop.

  2. Double-click the icon to view the contents of the disc.

  3. Ensure that your Home folder is open in another window. You can open your Home folder by clicking FileNew Window.

  4. In the window corresponding to the disc you inserted, press EditSelect All. This will select all of the contents of the disc.

  5. Press EditCopy to make a copy of all of the selected files.

  6. In the window corresponding to your Home folder, press EditPaste to copy all of the files to your Home folder. If you have many files, this may take a long time.

  7. Once the copying process has finished, your files will be available to use as normal.

Emails

If you saved your emails from Windows, you may now want to import them into the Thunderbird mail client. The following instructions assume that you are importing emails exported using Mozilla Thunderbird, as described in the section called “Preparing email for export using Mozilla Thunderbird”:

  1. Start Thunderbird by pressing ApplicationsNetworkThunderbird Mail.

  2. Press ToolsImport... to start the Thunderbird Import Assistant. It will guide you throught the process of importing your Berkeley mailbox (mbox).

  3. If you have a large number of emails, then the import process may take a while. Once importing has finished, your emails should be available for viewing immediately.

Browser Bookmarks/Favorites

If you saved the list of favorite web pages from the browser you used on Windows, you can now import them into the web browser available with Xubuntu. The following instructions are intended for users of the default Firefox Web Browser who are importing their favorites from Microsoft Internet Explorer 6. Please see the section called “Browser favorites” for more information.

  1. Press ApplicationsInternetFirefox Web Browser to start the Firefox Web Browser.

  2. Press BookmarksManage Bookmarks... to launch the Bookmark Manager.

  3. Press FileImport... and choose the From File option, then press Next.

  4. Find and select the file which you originally exported from Internet Explorer (see the section called “Browser favorites”) and press OK.

  5. Your list of favorite web pages should be imported into Firefox.