I am in a similar situation and am looking for a way to transfer the files
from my old ME to my new Vista. Both are connected to my router - is there a
way to transfer the files over my home network? On my ME machine, I've been
able to see the Vista machine in the My Network Places folder, but when I
double click on the Vista machine icon, I get an error:
"\\name is not accessible.
Windows cannot find the computer or share name. Make sure the computer or
share name is valid and that you are connected to the network and then try
again."
When looking at the network on the Vista machine, I cannot see the ME
machine (I do have discovery turned on). I can see the router and can get
on the internet from the Vista machine, so it is on the network. I don't
care which way the file transfer goes (access the ME machine from Vista or
vice versa) - I just want to get the files from ME to Vista and then get rid
of the ME machine.
Any ideas?
"Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message
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> You don't. You can copy the files to an external drive but no file
> transfer solution (Easy Transfer or any upgrade process) will support
> WindowsMe to Windows Vista.
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> "rolltyd" <rolltyd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> How do I transfer files from my old computer with ME to my new one with
>> Vista?
>