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===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 <br>
- or having a windows-linux share partition or folder <br>

====Documents migrations==== 
(file will be copied automatically in the user folders  <br>
- image (jpeg,gif) <br>
- audio (mp3, wav, rm)  <br>
- movie (avi, mpeg4, divx, xvid, rm, mov)  <br>
- documents (xls, doc, rtf, txt, wri) <br>
- wallpaper <br>
====User Migration====
- User name search and add with password <br>

===Program Logic Flow v0.1 20081012===
'''START'''  <br>
- Show welcome page and descriptions <br>
- Search Windows User Folders <br>
- Gethering folders information <br>
- Check if Fedora User parition is enough for all documents from  Windows users  <br>
- Prompt if administrator wants every thing automatic -> go to AUTO  else -> go to MANUAL <br>
'''AUTO''' <br>
- List all possible users and ask if every thing is correct <br>
- Ask for dummy password for each user <br>
- Automatic create User <br>
- Automatic move User documents to each user directory <br>
- Automatic migrate bookmarks to Konqueror, Firefox<br>
'''MANUAL''' <br>
- List all possible users and ask for individual password <br>
- Prompt each folder that copy to Fedora partition, and see if administrator wants to move files to a specific folder <br>
- Prompt each user when move bookmarks to Konqueror, Firefox <br>

===Future Developement / Advanced Functions:===

- environment migration <br>
- mail account, mails <br>
- Windows a-like environment setting <br>
- automatic download applications associate all file type <br>
- IM migration <br>
- import mail database (outlook, thunderbird, etc) <br>

===Code===
The demo code is posted in  [[http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Talk:Windows_Data_Migration_Tool discussion page]] in this wiki at this moment

===Links===

[https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Windows_data_migration_Tool Windows Data Migration Tool in Fedora Project Wiki:] <br>

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

[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MigrationAssistance Ubuntu MigrationAssistance Page ]

[http://www.michaellarabel.com/?k=blog&i=116 Ubuntu MigrationAssistance Capture from www.michaellarabel.com]

===To Do===
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!Item
!Description
!Status
!Note

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|Test Machine Setup
|Install Vista and Fedora in same hard disk
|DONE: 20080920
|install in a laptop

|-
|Test Mount and link 
|Test mounting and linking single user folder with known path
|DONE: 20080921
|linked music, folder to home directory successfully, still testing if any conflict in regular use

|-
|Test User migration
|try to added user and change password in BASH script
|DONE: 20081012
|User add successfully and user password changed successfully 

|-
|Python functions test
|Test if desire function works in Python
|DONE: 20081012
|Sucessfully using file and directory handling

|-
|file/directory search functions planning
|plan the user/files/directory handling structure and functions for WDMT
|DONE: 2008/10/29
|may update structure later

|-
|WinUserSearch
|creat python function to search existing XP/Vista user
|Target Date: 2008/11/05
|return/output a list of user in a list, all user folder plus adminstrator minus general folder(local, public), or.. just detect usage?

|-
|usrcrt Function in Fedora (list)
|creat python function to add user list in Fedora
|Target Date: 2008/11/05
|support list of user that generated from WinUserSearch function, and it will generate a temporary password aslo, usrcrt -l UserList -p TempPassword

|-
|spacechk Function
|get a list of users and see how big the user documents directories(home directory) is and check the target space has enough space to move all files
|Target Date: 2008/11/14
|spacechk -l UserList -t TargetDirectory

|-
|mvfatdir Function
|movie a list of directories to target directories, it will check the mount and permission status, and it will also change the permission to 644 or as user specified
|Target Date: 2008/11/14
|mvfatdir -s FatDirList -t TargetList -p Permission (644 by default)

|-
|Bookmark Migration Functions Planning
|find default IE/Fireforx bookmark and copy/migrate to Firefox bookmark, will check if source and target conditions
|next
|firefox only

|-
|Function support check for GUI tools
|make sure the function would support the GUI interface 
|next
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===PLAN===
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!Subject
!Description
!Target Date
!Status

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|Python Code Complete
|finish all function that needs for basic function in Python
|15th Nov 2008
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|GUI Interface
|Finish all connection between Python code and GUI Interface
|1 Dec 2008
|

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|Test Version
|Putting Test version in Fedora site
|15 Dec 2008
|

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