Help on transfering files WITHOUT Files And Settings Transfer wiza

[Guest Vinnie Boombots]

My laptop drive has many bad block so it will not boot up. I installed a new

hard drive with XP and connected the old drive via USB adapter. I can see

the old drive fine.

 

How can I transfer user files / profiles easily WITHOUT using FAST since I

cannot boot up with the original drive to run FAST?

 

Is there another utility that will transfer the information from a user

folder mounted on another drive?

 

Thank you.

[Guest HeyBub]

Re: Help on transfering files WITHOUT Files And Settings Transfer wiza

 

Vinnie Boombots wrote:

> My laptop drive has many bad block so it will not boot up. I

> installed a new hard drive with XP and connected the old drive via

> USB adapter. I can see the old drive fine.

>

> How can I transfer user files / profiles easily WITHOUT using FAST

> since I cannot boot up with the original drive to run FAST?

>

> Is there another utility that will transfer the information from a

> user folder mounted on another drive?

>

> Thank you.

 

COPY command from the command prompt

 

COPY/PASTE from the Explorer window

 

Open two My Computer windows; COPY from one, PASTE to the other

[Guest Nepatsfan]

Re: Help on transfering files WITHOUT Files And Settings Transfer wiza

 

"Vinnie Boombots" <VinnieBoombots@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:E1903A19-7259-412A-9C43-839AA44A3D77@microsoft.com...

> My laptop drive has many bad block so it will not boot up. I installed a new

> hard drive with XP and connected the old drive via USB adapter. I can see

> the old drive fine.

>

> How can I transfer user files / profiles easily WITHOUT using FAST since I

> cannot boot up with the original drive to run FAST?

>

> Is there another utility that will transfer the information from a user

> folder mounted on another drive?

>

> Thank you.

 

 

You're probably going to have to manually copy the files from your old HD to

your new XP installation. You can expect to have to take ownership of some of

your old files and folders. Take a look at these articles for more info.

 

"Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a Folder

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881

 

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421

 

Note: If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, you

must start the computer in safe mode, and then log on with an

account that has Administrative rights to have access to the

Security tab. To start in Safe Mode, reboot your computer and

start tapping the F8 key as soon as you see anything displayed

on the screen. Keep hitting F8 until the Advanced Startup

Options menu appears. Use the up and down arrow keys on your

keyboard to select Safe Mode. Hit Enter.

 

Good luck

 

Nepatsfan

[Guest Vinnie Boombots]

Re: Help on transfering files WITHOUT Files And Settings Transfer

 

Re: Help on transfering files WITHOUT Files And Settings Transfer

 

Thanks for the info. I am aware I could just copy or drag items over but was

hoping another utility would do this for me and keep the settings, file

links, permissions, etc whatever is needed to just log into the old account.

 

Thanx

 

"Nepatsfan" wrote:

> "Vinnie Boombots" <VinnieBoombots@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:E1903A19-7259-412A-9C43-839AA44A3D77@microsoft.com...

> > My laptop drive has many bad block so it will not boot up. I installed a new

> > hard drive with XP and connected the old drive via USB adapter. I can see

> > the old drive fine.

> >

> > How can I transfer user files / profiles easily WITHOUT using FAST since I

> > cannot boot up with the original drive to run FAST?

> >

> > Is there another utility that will transfer the information from a user

> > folder mounted on another drive?

> >

> > Thank you.

>

>

> You're probably going to have to manually copy the files from your old HD to

> your new XP installation. You can expect to have to take ownership of some of

> your old files and folders. Take a look at these articles for more info.

>

> "Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a Folder

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881

>

> How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP

> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421

>

> Note: If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, you

> must start the computer in safe mode, and then log on with an

> account that has Administrative rights to have access to the

> Security tab. To start in Safe Mode, reboot your computer and

> start tapping the F8 key as soon as you see anything displayed

> on the screen. Keep hitting F8 until the Advanced Startup

> Options menu appears. Use the up and down arrow keys on your

> keyboard to select Safe Mode. Hit Enter.

>

> Good luck

>

> Nepatsfan

>

>

>

[Guest Frank-FL]

Re: Help on transfering files WITHOUT Files And Settings Transfer

 

Re: Help on transfering files WITHOUT Files And Settings Transfer

 

If your old HDD has so many bad blocks that it will not boot; the probability

of moving garbage is really high.

 

"Vinnie Boombots" <VinnieBoombots@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:31EABB91-9382-4ED8-BFB6-0F4EC1CEEE51@microsoft.com...

> Thanks for the info. I am aware I could just copy or drag items over but was

> hoping another utility would do this for me and keep the settings, file

> links, permissions, etc whatever is needed to just log into the old account.

>

> Thanx

>

> "Nepatsfan" wrote:

>

>> "Vinnie Boombots" <VinnieBoombots@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:E1903A19-7259-412A-9C43-839AA44A3D77@microsoft.com...

>> > My laptop drive has many bad block so it will not boot up. I installed a new

>> > hard drive with XP and connected the old drive via USB adapter. I can see

>> > the old drive fine.

>> >

>> > How can I transfer user files / profiles easily WITHOUT using FAST since I

>> > cannot boot up with the original drive to run FAST?

>> >

>> > Is there another utility that will transfer the information from a user

>> > folder mounted on another drive?

>> >

>> > Thank you.

>>

>>

>> You're probably going to have to manually copy the files from your old HD to

>> your new XP installation. You can expect to have to take ownership of some of

>> your old files and folders. Take a look at these articles for more info.

>>

>> "Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a Folder

>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881

>>

>> How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP

>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421

>>

>> Note: If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, you

>> must start the computer in safe mode, and then log on with an

>> account that has Administrative rights to have access to the

>> Security tab. To start in Safe Mode, reboot your computer and

>> start tapping the F8 key as soon as you see anything displayed

>> on the screen. Keep hitting F8 until the Advanced Startup

>> Options menu appears. Use the up and down arrow keys on your

>> keyboard to select Safe Mode. Hit Enter.

>>

>> Good luck

>>

>> Nepatsfan

>>

>>

>>