Leapfrog migration advice for jumping from Win98 to WinXP

The next technique is to use the Windows XP Files And Settings Transfer Wizard to back up your files and settings. The idea is that you can use the wizard to create a compressed copy of all of your files and settings. You can then copy the compressed file to a CD, blank the hard disk, and install Windows XP. When Windows installs, you can use the wizard to import the compressed file.

That’s great unless you have 30G of programs and settings. Then what do you do?