XP to Vista with Easy File Transfer

Ok, here I go.

We have XP, want to upgrade to Vista, not sure of edition yet but probably
Ultimate or Business. I've download "Easy File Transfer" program from MS
website, transfered settings and etc.. to CD (5) of them, it wouldn't let me
use my DVD drive.

? Will Vista recognize the CD's when I put them in the CD Rom and start to
transf them ?

? How does all this work ?

I would like to do a clean install, but want to choose what I want from
those (5) CD's. Possible/or not?

Thanks.