Migration of BO 6.5.1 reports to BO XI

Currently running BO 6.5.1. Will be upgrading to BO XI at some point. The only issue I have at the moment is the migration of the existing reports. Some reports are stored in the corporate repository which is viewable from the BO Supervisor module but the majority of the reports (supposedly 100's of them) are either stored on Shared drives on servers or on personal drives allocated to each user.
Users tend to save their reports on a shared drive on a server that is accessible by other users in their own dept and also create their own reports and save on their designated personal drive.
Is it correct that the only way to migrate the reports on the shared drives and personal drives is to consolidate and publish them all into the BO 6.5.1 repository and then migrate to XI or can the reports remain as they are on the drives.
Once the migration to XI has taken place, version 6.5.1 will run in parallel although maybe only for 3 months before this is switched off. The existing 6.5.1 universes will be migrated to XI and any new universes that are downloaded will sit on top of this on the new version.
What options are available in terms of the report migration as any help would be much appreciated?

Hello dipen143,
I recommend to post this query to the [BusinessObjects Enterprise Administration|BI Platform; forum.
This forum is dedicated to topics related to administration and configuration of BusinessObjects Enterprise, BusinessObjects Edge, and Crystal Reports Server.
It is monitored by qualified technicians and you will get a faster response there.
Also, all BOE Administration queries remain in one place and thus can be easily searched in one place.
Best regards,
Falk

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