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Transferring Files
Eric Pearson eric@pdi-homeDOTcom microsoft public windowsxp setup_deployment Ok, two more questions 1) Transfer files/settings wizard process thingy: Can it do transfers from another drive? (instead of another computer) 2) How much more room can I expect to use up in a win2kpro - winXPpro upgrade?

Transferring settings - a related question
The trend has been to locate data and settings that must be altered somewhere else, eg one of the Application Data locations. Secondly, it sounds as if I found I could transfer files to a dummy file on the XP machine and from the dummy file to the program files on the XP machine. I didn't know about the NTFS

File transfer Windows 98 to Windows XP
Lars-Erik Nilsson lars-erik...@telia.com microsoft public windowsxp customize Hi, I am trying to transfer as much as possible from my old computer with an XP professional installation to my new computer. There is a guide to help transfer files and settings. The question is: 1/ Will it also transfer applications

File & Settings Transfer Wizard
Brian A. gonefi...@faraway.com microsoft public win98 gen_discussion H here, click F and scroll down to File and Settings Transfer Wizard. I have not used it so I do not know if it works thru a LAN. With a LAN you can use ICS, (not available with 98, available w/98SE and XP). Have a look see at any/all of these:

network question
Since there appears to be a discrepancy for setting/message transfers between Outlook Express WAB files on Windows 2000 and Outlook 2003 PST files on Windows XP, so I ran XP’s ‘Transfer Files & Settings Wizard’ and selected OE 6. The Wizard transffered everything from my old machine’s OE 6 to Outlook Express 6 on

Using Files and Settings Transfer Wizard Another Question
This year she bought a new Gateway PC with Win XP Pro installed to keep in Florida and leave the Dell PC in Maine. Rather than having her deal with 2 different OSs and transferring files back and forth I'd like to just move the hard drive from the Gateway PC back and forth with her. That way everything will be

Transfer files from old PC
The existing XP network settings should also work for transferring files from the old 98 computer. 3. There's no need to run the wizards on either computer. 4. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program

New PC and XP
But somehow, he can only work in cmd prompt to transfer files. Problem with cmd prompt is that he has to transfer files to a temp direct on the root C drive first, as a temporary container. Question is, will iomega zip drive work in XP? Is there a file quantity limitation, such as seen in win2000?

"New User" Account Question
293118 HOW TO: Use Files and Settings Transfer Wizard in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/?id=293118 However, the wizard could not transfer programs that My question is will the "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard" do this for me, if not is there a program out there that will achieve this. regards Michael.

XP Installation Question (NTFS - FAT32)
Hi, I am trying to transfer as much as possible from my old computer with an XP professional installation to my new computer. There is a guide to help transfer files and settings. The question is: 1/ Will it also transfer applications with their settings? I get a bit confused since there is a long list with

XP <-> 98SE file sharing is very slow
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but will it be easy to link the two PCs to get the internet on each and transfer files between them (the PC is only 768MB RAM - so not Certain folders used in XP, such as Documents and Settings, and the "My" folders, were brought into Vista for compatibility for legacy apps,

Can't transfer files and settings to new computer?
Dave dws...@freenet.co.uk microsoft public windowsxp setup_deployment There appear to be some big problems with Files and Settings Transfer Wizard, whether networked or otherwise. See my question of 23rd June. No answers yet! -----Original Message----- I am presently setting up my new Windows XP Home edition and

DEFINITIVE procedure for clean install?
... The question has been posed here many times, and the advice has been generous: "How do I get my new XP computer networked to my old 98 to transfer files? Will it be a simple matter of retracing my tracks and undoing changes I've made to my XP settings? And what will those "new" settings (more to the point,

Autoplay does not work
For the Favorites, copy the files to C:\Documents and Settings\username\Favorites. Good Luck John "Observer3" <nospam@nospam!.com> wrote in message I know how to save those files onto a floppy diskette. My question is whether there will be any trouble with the transfer since Windows XP Home is a different

a question about files and settings transfer wizard xp
You will need to back up data files and reinstall programs, though some help is available in transferring files and settings - read Gary Woodruff's article on Files and settings Transfer at http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm b) Ensure that the original system will still run with it's original XP Home?

Transfer of Win98 settings.
Sqr. Two more questions: 1. With the Files and Settings Transfer wizard can I transfer files and settings, via CD-Rom(s), from W98SE to XP Home? 2 If I set up XP Home with NTFS, can I transfer data, by one means or another, from W98SE (FAT32) to XP Home? Regards, Wait State "sqr" <s...@sqr.sqr> wrote in message

new XP to old 98 -- familiar project, new question
Doug, First, thank-you for taking the time to answer my question. I am still a bit confused, so let me explain exactly what I've been doing. Within the files and settings transfer wizard on my new PC (Windows XP Media Center) I created a disk. I ran that disk on the old PC (Windows 98). When asked which connection

Using direct cable connection to transfer files and settings
All current settings and files will be over-written. When you are sure the mary account has all your files and settings, you can delete the newuser account I was able to changed the registration name to my name but I could not delete the New User account or change the name or transfer the files to my name.

one more win2k - xp upgrade question
I'ma newbie, so go easy on me if my question is misplaced. I have a new Dell with Windows XP. I want to transfer files from my old computer, circa 1996, which runs Windows 1995. I can't seem to get the two computers to talk to each other to transfer the relevant files. The floppy in the old computer is busted and I

Transferring files from one HD to another EXACTLY !
Win 95 box - guest - start Direct cable connection Win xp box - Host - with incomming connections setup using parellel data transfer cable My Question are: but one additional step that might have been worthwhile would have been to run the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard from XP on the Windows 95 machine to