1) The migration process can sometimes be time consuming and challenging to new users. Here is a good article on manual migration that would be of some help: www.tomshardware.com/howto/20040329/ . 2) Alternatively new users can also opt to use automated Windows to Linux migration tool that will easily migrate all files, including music and video files, databases, email and email config, cookies, wall papers, to your new Linux machine. There's a cool migration tool called MoveOver that supports Fedora: www.resolvo.com/moveover -- This is an email sent via the webforum on http://fcp.homelinux.org