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Files and SEttings Transfer Wizard
Dell Inspiron 530
Windows XP Home EDition
I used this procecdure to transfer data from W98SE to Windows XP Home Edition.
I inserted the Windows XP CD on the old syst em and recorded
primarily Outlook Express files on a CD.
It took 3 CD's and the program asked for them by number 1,2 and 3.
WWhen it asked to insert the 3rd CD it indicated that this is 3 in a total of 3(The wordage was probably
different but that's the gist of it). When the 3rd CD completed it closed without asking for any
addit ional actions. Still using The Files andSettings Transfer Wizard on the new system, it asked
for the CD's by nr 1,2 and 3. When nr 3 completed it asked to insert nr 4. The only options to respond
are OK or CANCEL. If you click OK it advises that drive is not ready with options of RETRY OR CANCEL.
If you click Cancel that aborts the entire process.
Any suggestions will be appreciated.
Thank You
pgb
Any suggestions or advice
I came here looking for some answers, as well. Everything I could find on the web about the Files Transfer Wizard all assumes you have a network or know how they work or what a serial port looks like. After some digging, I found my old 4300 has a serial port, but my new 530 doesn't. So do you just connect them with the ethernet cable, or do you need to buy a hub? No one's saying.
Anyway, most views on the Transfer Wizard are not positive, and I have heard good things of Intellimover (or whatever it's called), but the simplest way seems to be to get an external hard drive (a good idea at any time, for back-ups) or use DVDs or flash drives.
Not sure if that helps, except to know you're not alone in this.
pgb
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Posted June 17th, 2008 00:00
Has anybody successfully transferred files and settings using the Transfer Wizard?
The Wizard says that the old system can be as far back as Windows 95.
Microsoft says that it will work. I have talked to 3 different people
at Dell and they say that it will not work. As I indicated in my first post on this subject,
I was able to transfer My Documents files, but with some errors. My MYPictures and
My Music files were on the CD and a folder was opened in the XP My Documents,
but no data was in either except for a sample of some sort. No error message
was received indicating that unable to transfer those files. I read t he CD in on my old system and all of the
and all of the data was on it.
I guess that I will have to pay a commercial firm to transfer all of my data and
applications to the new system, but it irritates me t o have to pay possibly several hundred dollars
to get the system where I can use it.
When a computer manufacturer loads a Windows OS on a computer they feel that the manufacturer is
then responsible for software problems. Dell refuses to provide any assistance for software
problems except their Pay Service, and then you are not likely to get a resolution for a
problem such as this.
Does anyone have any experience with programs such as PC MOVER or others tha t claim
to transfer files.
Thankpgb