Moving iPhone4 from WinXP Pro to Windows 8.1

I'm finally getting around to converting my computers from WinXP Pro to Windows 8.1.  I am wondering if there is a tried and true method of hooking up and backing up my iPhone4 (and iPad) to my Windows 8.1 computers, without losing anything or turning my devices into paper weights.  Since the folders where the iPhone data reside are in different places from WinXP as opposed to Win8.1, I'm not sure if you can just copy files from the old drive to the new.  Can anyone suggest a tested method of switching my devices over without losing my sanity?  Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

Copy the whole iTunes folder from the My Music folder in Widows XP to the Music folder in Windows 8.1.
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
See the External Drive section of this article
Your iPhone 4 backups are in a different folder. Here are the locations for both XP & Windows 8:
Windows XP: \Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
To quickly access the Application Data folder, click Start, and choose Run. Type %appdata% and click OK.
Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8: \Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
To quickly access the AppData folder, click Start. In the search bar, type %appdata% and press Return.

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