crnz
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Manually Copy Documents and Settings from to XP to Vista using USB HDD.
We are frequently copying data from older XP machines to newer Vista machines. We do this by using a USB attached HDD on the Vista machine. When trying to copy "Documents and Settings" folder from the older XP HDD, a Vista dialog box comes up stating something along the lines of:
"You do not have permission to access this folder, Do you want to continue? Yes / No".
If you hit yes, it starts applying permissions to the folder. This process can take anywhere from 30mins to a couple of hours to finish - then only after that it finally starts copying the data!!!
I was wondering if there is a way to either bypass this permission problem, or speed it up somehow?
Thank in Advance, any Help is greatly appreciated.
"You do not have permission to access this folder, Do you want to continue? Yes / No".
If you hit yes, it starts applying permissions to the folder. This process can take anywhere from 30mins to a couple of hours to finish - then only after that it finally starts copying the data!!!
I was wondering if there is a way to either bypass this permission problem, or speed it up somehow?
Thank in Advance, any Help is greatly appreciated.
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Why don't you just use the User State Magration Tool - is is designed specifically for this purpose and the new version 3 http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/91f62fc4-621f-4537-b311-1307df0105611033.mspx?mfr=true supports both XP and Vista
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@bkellyboulderit
This solution would be great if we were just using the same HDD to copy data to and from, but unfortunately some of the time we use a IDE - USB adapter to copy data directly off the clients computer.
@LeeTutor
This sounds like it might work, i will give your solution a go tonight (NZ time) and let you know if it works.
@KCTS
We have had some problems with the User State Migration Tool not copying encrypted files, and not copying from a damaged drive - or any data outside my documents. We do not want to use it again.
This solution would be great if we were just using the same HDD to copy data to and from, but unfortunately some of the time we use a IDE - USB adapter to copy data directly off the clients computer.
@LeeTutor
This sounds like it might work, i will give your solution a go tonight (NZ time) and let you know if it works.
@KCTS
We have had some problems with the User State Migration Tool not copying encrypted files, and not copying from a damaged drive - or any data outside my documents. We do not want to use it again.
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Oops, I forgot to say THANK YOU for all your guys help so far.
crnz, any feedback?
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@LeeTutor
Sorry to not get back to you sooner, Your solution worked like a charm! Thanks very much.
And also thanks to the other solutions, they maybe helpful to somebody else.
Sorry to not get back to you sooner, Your solution worked like a charm! Thanks very much.
And also thanks to the other solutions, they maybe helpful to somebody else.
So I would try and formatting a drive and then copy the XP data to it, then go from Vista.