Vista Tutorial - scanning error while trying to tansfer files with WET

While trying to transfer files & folders from my old XP to new Vista machine
I recieved the following error message: "there was an error scanning data on
your system, Windows Easy Transfer will now be canceled." The two computers
were communicating with each other.

I too have received the same error message, has anyone solved this problem ??

"Timely1" wrote:

> While trying to transfer files & folders from my old XP to new Vista machine
> I recieved the following error message: "there was an error scanning data on
> your system, Windows Easy Transfer will now be canceled." The two computers
> were communicating with each other.

I got same error. Using USB xfer cable. Win XP SP2 > Vista Home Premium.

Program hanged on ordinary JPG picture file.

"customer1" wrote:

> I too have received the same error message, has anyone solved this problem ??
>
> "Timely1" wrote:
>
> > While trying to transfer files & folders from my old XP to new Vista machine
> > I recieved the following error message: "there was an error scanning data on
> > your system, Windows Easy Transfer will now be canceled." The two computers
> > were communicating with each other.

"Timely1" wrote:

> While trying to transfer files & folders from my old XP to new Vista machine
> I recieved the following error message: "there was an error scanning data on
> your system, Windows Easy Transfer will now be canceled." The two computers
> were communicating with each other.

Also have the same problem. I have two laptops one made the transfer with no
issues, the other does the same thing that yours is doing

"Timely1" wrote:

> While trying to transfer files & folders from my old XP to new Vista machine
> I recieved the following error message: "there was an error scanning data on
> your system, Windows Easy Transfer will now be canceled." The two computers
> were communicating with each other.

DH is having same problem. Has anyone heard of a fix for this yet?

"SE" wrote:

> Also have the same problem. I have two laptops one made the transfer with no
> issues, the other does the same thing that yours is doing
>
> "Timely1" wrote:
>
> > While trying to transfer files & folders from my old XP to new Vista machine
> > I recieved the following error message: "there was an error scanning data on
> > your system, Windows Easy Transfer will now be canceled." The two computers
> > were communicating with each other.

I'm having the same problem. Old computer running XP. Computers are both on
my home network and communicating. I tried turning of my virus scan and
firewall. I tried sharing the folder. Nothing in the knowledge base.

"Timely1" wrote:

> While trying to transfer files & folders from my old XP to new Vista machine
> I recieved the following error message: "there was an error scanning data on
> your system, Windows Easy Transfer will now be canceled." The two computers
> were communicating with each other.

I had the 'scanning error' problem and, looking at the diagerr.xml in
the MigWiz directory, discovered an exception handling problem with a
filetype identified as .avi"

Looking through the registry, I discovered a number of (mainly
multimedia) filetypes with an additional "

Deleting all these eliminated the scanning error problem. Whether any
other problems will emerge with Anything But Easy Transfer remains to
be seen...


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Sounds like a plan but I can't find the diagerr.xml file. I searched the
entire harddrive and couldn't find it. Any ideas?

"ds1111" wrote:

>
> I had the 'scanning error' problem and, looking at the diagerr.xml in
> the MigWiz directory, discovered an exception handling problem with a
> filetype identified as .avi"
>
> Looking through the registry, I discovered a number of (mainly
> multimedia) filetypes with an additional "
>
> Deleting all these eliminated the scanning error problem. Whether any
> other problems will emerge with Anything But Easy Transfer remains to
> be seen...
>
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The installation of Easy Transfer on my old (Windows XP) computer
resulted in the creation of a subdirectory called MigWiz in my
C:\Documents and Settings\DS\Local Settings\Application Data directory.
diagerr.xml is in there.

I'm no expert, but you could always try looking at the filetypes in
your registry to see if any of them has sprouted an extra " and seeing
what happens when you delete them. Pausing only to back up your
registry first, of course...

From memory, the ones I had were avi", jpg", tif", mp2", mpg" and a
couple of others.

Good luck!


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