Files and Setting Transfer Wizard

[Guest]

I have two PCs (old and new) networked together. The old machine is running
Windows 98 and the new machine is running windows XP.

I try to run the Files and Settings transfer wizard on the new machine, but
when it comes to creating a wizard disk I do not get the option of saving to
a network drive. The only options listed are
1) I already have a wizard disk
2) I don't need the wizrd disk

Well, I don't have a wizard disk and I do need one.

Help!

 

[Guest]

Ian...I'm experiencing exactly the same problem with my new DELL w. XP. All
stuff I've read about using F&STWiz say write copy to floppy...but I have no
floppy drive in my new PC. Do you? I assume I cab make a copy on a CD, but ???

 

[Guest]

The Files And Settings Transfer wizard must first be run on the old computer
before it can be run on the new. The best advice I can give you if the two
are networked and you don't have a floppy on the new is to select the option
to save the old settings to a location on the drive, after which you can
transfer them across the network to the new system, and run the FSTW again to
pull the data back out of the folder.

Alternatively, you can use a null-modem cable, but I don't recommend this,
especially if you're not familiar with the process.

-Bob

 

[Guest]

USMT was how I did it. USMT is an upgraded FAST.

FAST == File Settings and Transfer Wizard
USMT == User State Migration Tool

1) On the new PC use Google to search for "Microsoft USMT".
2) Click on the link to download and install "Windows User State Migration
Tool (USMT) version 2.6" (or later by the time you read this).
3) Copy the newly created USMT directory and all of its files to the old PC.

USMT includes two command-line tools named Scanstate and Loadstate. If you
want to migrate a user's state, you should run Scanstate on the source
computer to collect files and settings. Scanstate creates a store that holds
all of the information. Then, you should run Loadstate on the destination
computer. Loadstate locates the store and restores the user state to the
destination computer.

There are two versions of Scanstate. You use Scanstate.exe to collect the
user state from computers running Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.
You use Scanstatea.exe to collect the user state from computers running
Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Millennium Edition. Regardless of which
version of Scanstate that you use, you run Loadstate.exe on the destination
computer to restore the user state.

 

[Guest]

I've been trying to save files and settings to the CD drive (e:/ on my old
computer) but I always get the message "disk drive not ready..." The amount
of data to put on floppies would require several thousand floppies, but the 7
or 8 CDs would be manageable. Is it possible to save files and settings to
CDs and if so how?