file transfer

[sue]

hi

I have just put in a new hard drive and want to transfer files and settings
as I want to keep the look of my previous drive. I have no other machine to
use the transfer wizard is there any other way I can do this.
Any help would be gratefully recieved.
Thanks once again

Sue

 

[Jim]

If you're using the same system, but have merely upgraded the HD (e.g.,
moved from an old 40GB HD to a new 120GB HD), then you should be CLONING the
existing HD's content, all of it, to the new HD. There are various options
for this purpose, like Norton Ghost, Robocopy, and my favorite, BootIt NG.

On the other hand, sometimes people are moving to a completely new system,
and want specific Windows settings and files to be copied to the new system
from the old system. In that case, you run the Files and Settings Transfer
wizard on the old system, save it to a file (external HD, USB pen drive,
whatever), then restore them using the Files and Settings Transfer wizard on
the new system.

Does either of these describe your situation? (I'm a little confused about
EXACTLY what your current circumstances are, it just sounds like you have
some HD "in hand" with no history, and somehow, magically, expect to extract
specific items, you need to be more precise and provide a little more
background).

Jim

 

[Ron Martell]

hi

I have just put in a new hard drive and want to transfer files and settings
as I want to keep the look of my previous drive. I have no other machine to
use the transfer wizard is there any other way I can do this.
Any help would be gratefully recieved.
Thanks once again

Sue

Presumably you still have the old hard drive available. Temporarily
put it back into the machine and disconnect the new drive, also
temporarily.

Boot the computer, create a new folder named \Transfer in the root
directory, and run FASTW telling it to save the data in the
c:\transfer folder you just created.

Shut down the computer, reconnect the new hard drive and install
Windows XP on it if you have not already done so. Then shut down
again and connect the old hard drive, again temporarily, as the
secondary IDE master drive. On most machines you would use the data
cable (and power connector) from the CDROM/DVD drive for this.

Boot again into your newly installed XP and run FASTW, telling it to
import the data from your old hard drive, which will now probably be
using drive letter D: so you would point FASTW at the d;\transfer
folder.

Note that the above procedure will get you the user data files and
configuration settings only. If you want the installed applications
as well then you need to go to the hard drive manufacturer's web site
and download their free disk cloning utility. That should also
include detailed instructions on how to use it.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

 

[sue]

Thanks both of you Ron & Jim It has worked well