My new pc did not come with any disks except a system recovery disk. My
transfer wizard won't let me pick a drive I have (like my cd-r drive) to
create a wizard disk. I am at a loss as to what to do at this point. Thanks
for any help I can get. K.C.

KC wrote:
> My new pc did not come with any disks except a system recovery
> disk. My transfer wizard won't let me pick a drive I have (like my
> cd-r drive) to create a wizard disk. I am at a loss as to what to
> do at this point. Thanks for any help I can get. K.C.

Export to a new directory, burn that data to a CD, copy that data to the new
machine, use F.A.S.T. to import from the copied location.

--
Shenan Stanley
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In 6D8DA5DE-5EF7-425D-A723-166C4D706D92@microsoft.com KC wrote:
> My new pc did not come with any disks except a system
> recovery disk. My transfer wizard won't let me pick a drive
> I have (like my cd-r drive) to create a wizard disk. I am at
> a loss as to what to do at this point. Thanks for any help
> I can get. K.C.

Without an actual XP installation CD, your options for running
the FAST wizard on your old computer are limited.

I take it your new computer does not have a floppy drive. One
option in this case is to use a USB flash drive. You can
usually find one that will do the job for around $15.

If at all possible, see if you can borrow a real installation
CD from a friend or family member. Put the CD in your old
computer's CD drive and select "Perform additional tasks" on
the opening screen. On the next screen, select "Transfer files
and settings".

Good luck

Nepatsfan

I had the same problem, and I got a USB flash drive. Using it in the new
computer was OK. But when I went to the old one (windows 98) the File
Transfer Wizard coud not complete "the collection". I got a screen from the
wizard, with a message saying that "an error occurred while the wizard was
starting".
Anybody, please?

"Nepatsfan" wrote:

> In 6D8DA5DE-5EF7-425D-A723-166C4D706D92@microsoft.com KC wrote:
> > My new pc did not come with any disks except a system
> > recovery disk. My transfer wizard won't let me pick a drive
> > I have (like my cd-r drive) to create a wizard disk. I am at
> > a loss as to what to do at this point. Thanks for any help
> > I can get. K.C.
>
> Without an actual XP installation CD, your options for running
> the FAST wizard on your old computer are limited.
>
> I take it your new computer does not have a floppy drive. One
> option in this case is to use a USB flash drive. You can
> usually find one that will do the job for around $15.
>
> If at all possible, see if you can borrow a real installation
> CD from a friend or family member. Put the CD in your old
> computer's CD drive and select "Perform additional tasks" on
> the opening screen. On the next screen, select "Transfer files
> and settings".
>
> Good luck
>
> Nepatsfan
>
>
>

I had the same problem, and I got a USB flash drive. Using it in the new
computer was OK. But when I went to the old one (windows 98) the File
Transfer Wizard coud not complete "the collection". I got a screen from the
wizard, with a message saying that "an error occurred while the wizard was
starting".
Anybody, please?

"Nepatsfan" wrote:

> In 6D8DA5DE-5EF7-425D-A723-166C4D706D92@microsoft.com KC wrote:
> > My new pc did not come with any disks except a system
> > recovery disk. My transfer wizard won't let me pick a drive
> > I have (like my cd-r drive) to create a wizard disk. I am at
> > a loss as to what to do at this point. Thanks for any help
> > I can get. K.C.
>
> Without an actual XP installation CD, your options for running
> the FAST wizard on your old computer are limited.
>
> I take it your new computer does not have a floppy drive. One
> option in this case is to use a USB flash drive. You can
> usually find one that will do the job for around $15.
>
> If at all possible, see if you can borrow a real installation
> CD from a friend or family member. Put the CD in your old
> computer's CD drive and select "Perform additional tasks" on
> the opening screen. On the next screen, select "Transfer files
> and settings".
>
> Good luck
>
> Nepatsfan
>
>
>