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Migrating programs and settings to a second XP instillation

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by dark_malren 1 view

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Hello there, I've recently put a new hard drive into my computer and installed windows XP on it, what I'd like to know is: Can I move all of my files and settings (including installed programs) over to the new instillation (or to the new hard drive)?

If it's possible how would I go about doing that, and can I do it without changing the drive letter of the new drive or my current windows instillation?

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by dark_malren

I've actually already tried to use the files and settings transfer wizard, but couldn't get it to work.

Both of the hard drives are in the same computer, so I can't run the wizard on both computers like it says to do. I also cannot use a floppy, as there's about 60 gigs of data to move.

I tried to use the "other" option to save my files and settings, then booted up the new windows hard drive, ran the wizard, and chose the folder that windows created, but I got the following message:

"The location that you specified does not contain stored information. Please type a valid folder path into the edit box.
If you entered a path to a folder on a removable disk, the disk must be in the drive."

I found this rather odd, because the data was on a third hard drive, one that I use for information storage, the folder correctly read as 60 gigabytes, and contained a bunch of .dat files.

Am I doing something wrong with the wizard, or is there another way to transfer my data?

by ic-it

The folder that reads USMT2.UNC, do not enter the folder. Choose the folder as your location.
If you renamed the folder, name it back.

by dark_malren

That's what I did when I got that message. Do I need to put that folder inside another folder first for it to work? USMT2.UNC was located at D:\USMT2.UNC when I tried this.
(for calrification, C: is my current windows drive, D: is my storage drive, and G: is the new windows drive)

by sgt_shultz

the way i do this is to use the utility for upgrading the hard disk provided by the drive manufacturer. See website. It'll duplicate exactly what you have and make the disk bootable. Is this what you want?

by dark_malren

Thanks a bunch, Seagate had a utility that did exactly what I wanted.

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