Solved File and Settings Transfer from XP to Vista

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RussellEngland

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Okay, so I've got a backup from XP using the File and Settings Transfer Wizard.

Formatted the drive, installed Vista and now my backup is incompatible with Vista.

Any suggestions on how to restore the backup?
 

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Okay I found this http://www.vistax64.com/vista-insta...annot-transfer-files-settings-windows-xp.html but the instructions aren't very clear.

It is possible to restore from Files and Settings Transfer Wizard (FAST) using Windows Easy Transfer (WET)

1. Start Windows Easy Transfer on Vista

2. Select "Continue a transfer in progress"

3. Choose where the files were stored by FAST and browse to the folder, something like USMT2.UNC

4. In the file name input box, delete whats there and enter IMG0000A.DAT

5. Click okay, then WET will say its an older system or something, keep going and the files will be restored to a folder called OldFiles on Vista.
 

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Hi RussellEngland,

Welcome to Vista Forums!

To be honest, I believe you needed to download http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyId=2B6F1631-973A-45C7-A4EC-4928FA173266&displaylang=en to the XP computer and use that to create the transfer backup rather than using what came with XP. I'm not sure if what you have can be transferred by Easy Transfer to Vista (which is why it is incompatible because what you have wants an XP system to transfer to - not a Vista system).

What version of XP were you using (e.g., 32-bit XP Professional SP3) and what version of Vista are you using (e.g., 32-bit Vista Business SP2)?

What type of backup are you using (CD/DVD, external USB hard drive, network, flash drive,...)?

What is the exact error message you are getting (word-for-word) and when does it occur during the process? What makes you think the backup is inconpatible?

What filetypes are the backups stored as (e.g., .dat, .bak,...)?

I hope this helps (though I believe some different method will be required if one exists because I don't think the two transfer programs are compatible). If not, please answer the above questions and provide any additional details you think might help and post back. This will help us hopefully determine a solution to it.

As far as the second post, I don't see the instructions you are posting and I read the entire thread. Where are they? Are you talking about what was in the final post? I have no idea if that will work.

Thanks and Good luck!
 
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theog said:
RussellEngland said:
Formatted the drive, installed Vista and now my backup is incompatible with Vista.
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Hi Lorien

XP drive has been formated.
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Hi Theog,

Yes, I understand that. I'm sorry, but I don't understand your point. The transfer is on a separate drive (not the original XP drive). Vista can't read it because the transfer wasn't done correctly (which is what I noted in the first paragraph). We're trying to find a way to convert what exists to something Vista can read - even if we need to do it a harder way by moving the files and folders individually or to a separate location and from there to where they belong and perhaps forget about the settings part (and/or use some type of conversion program).

Do you have any suggestions?
 

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1) As the drive has been formated, XP would need to be reinstall.
2) Vista easy transfer can not read XP easy transfer data.
3) some type of conversion program, not that I now of.
 

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Hi RussellEngland,

Theog brought to mind another option to consider. Re-install XP on the computer. Transfer the data from the backup to XP using the original procedures for restoring a Files and Settings Transfer. Download the file mentioned in my first post to add the ability to create an Easy Transfer file that is compatibile with Vista (you may need to update XP to do this - read the instructions). Now do the Easy Transfer using the Vista program and procedure. This new file should be readable by Vista. Now re-install Vista and use the Easy Transfer restore process to move the data to Vista. That should do it.

Here are some articles on the Easy Transfer Process in Vista:

Description of Windows Easy Transfer for Windows Vista

How to use Windows Easy Transfer to migrate files and settings from one Windows-based computer to another Windows Vista-based computer

Windows Vista Migration Step-by-Step Guide

I hope this helps.

Good luck!
 

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Thank you for the suggestions Theog and Lorien

My personal computer is dual boot Ubuntu 10.10 which I primarily use and Vista Home Premium Version 6 Service Pack 2 which I very rarely use.

The customers computer had a version of XP - I don't know which one it was unfortunately. They were having problems with it after SafeGuard Enterprise had been installed by a company they were doing consulting work for. Their help desk suggested making a backup and reformatting the drive to get rid of the safeguard. Hence the FAST backup, thinking it would be simple! The computer has a recovery partition which installed Vista rather bizarre - the company must have installed XP - so it now has Vista Business Version 6 SP2 installed.

Heres my latest update:

In my second post I said that I could use the Windows Easy Transfer to restore the files from FAST - It did but not all of the files unfortunately.

So after some Googling I came across a utility called FASTConv (FASTConv). Initially it wouldn't work - first the USMTC directory was read only. Then it was because it was a different version of FAST. So the next step I tried was to install FASTImgWIZ for FASTConv This would only work if I checked the SP3 check box. Success! But to extract all the files I need to buy it, doh!

I noticed that fastimgwiz had created a "statu_" file in the USMTC directory. So renamed it to "status", re-ran fastconv and it started to extract the files, yippee!!!

47,000 files later, it has extracted all of the files but got stuck with the transdb file. Double doh! So it couldn't rename the files. I've had a look at the files in Ubuntu and it does recognise all the formats but all the files are named xxxxxx.dat - so at least I have a copy of the data but it would be impossible to rename them all.

After much razzle-fracking, a techy colleague mentioned Virtual PC. So I downloaded the 2007 for Vista Microsoft Virtual PC: Virtual PC 2007

Borrowed an XP SP3 cd and installed it - I was impressed! Until I tried to restore the FAST files when it said something like "this was created in a previous version of FAST, please install the latest version on the old PC". Mickey Mouse came to mind... So I'm now in the process of trying various versions of XP until I find the right one.

I'll let you know the results.

Cheers, Russ
 

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Hi Russ,

Good idea to use Virtual PC to install XP. The version may be either the SP number or it may be a different version of XP (Home versus Professional or something like that) - or both. I wasn't aware there were different versions of FAST before (but I used a different product for XP backups so I didn't pay much attention to that feature).

Thanks for the update. It seems like you're on the right track and it's only a matter of time (or finding every possible version of XP until you get the right one). I wish you success.

Good luck!
 

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Hi RussellEngland,

I read the blog. Nicely written and good information. Thanks for posting it as it provides a solution to the problem that goes beyond where things were left here.

I will request this thread be marked as solved.

Good luck and best wishes!
 

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    Chassis Serial Number: 5YK95C1
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