XP Transfer My Files & Settings Wizard Q.

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I've just plugged a USB hd into a XP Home ed. system box, ( detected as
drive E:\ ), and after choosing, in as many of the wizards' "Next / radio
button" screens, I've selected that this is the "old" computer that I want
to transfer files and settings from," and pointed the wizard to output to a
folder called E:\briansfsw\ ,...and the wizard starts off, and then spends
and inordinate amount of time examining a massive directory structure that I
have on that external USB hd !!! ...should it be doing that ?

i.e. I don't want gigabytes of stuff from my ext. hd, added to the
"Transfer My Files & Settings Wizard," archive, from the source machine, if
you see what I mean !

TIA, regards, Richard
 
Re: XP Transfer My Files & Settings Wizard Q.


"RJK" <notatospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I've just plugged a USB hd into a XP Home ed. system box, ( detected as
> drive E:\ ), and after choosing, in as many of the wizards' "Next / radio
> button" screens, I've selected that this is the "old" computer that I want
> to transfer files and settings from," and pointed the wizard to output to
> a folder called E:\briansfsw\ ,...and the wizard starts off, and then
> spends and inordinate amount of time examining a massive directory
> structure that I have on that external USB hd !!! ...should it be doing
> that ?
>
> i.e. I don't want gigabytes of stuff from my ext. hd, added to the
> "Transfer My Files & Settings Wizard," archive, from the source machine,
> if you see what I mean !
You want to use the "Let me select a custom list of files and settings"
option, then under "File Types" delete all the file types or at least the
most common ones which are found on your system.

--
Allan
 
Re: XP Transfer My Files & Settings Wizard Q.

"Allan" <mu8ja0i@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> "RJK" <notatospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OWUtrp1FJHA.3848@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> I've just plugged a USB hd into a XP Home ed. system box, ( detected as
>> drive E:\ ), and after choosing, in as many of the wizards' "Next /
>> radio button" screens, I've selected that this is the "old" computer that
>> I want to transfer files and settings from," and pointed the wizard to
>> output to a folder called E:\briansfsw\ ,...and the wizard starts off,
>> and then spends and inordinate amount of time examining a massive
>> directory structure that I have on that external USB hd !!! ...should
>> it be doing that ?
>>
>> i.e. I don't want gigabytes of stuff from my ext. hd, added to the
>> "Transfer My Files & Settings Wizard," archive, from the source machine,
>> if you see what I mean !
> You want to use the "Let me select a custom list of files and settings"
> option, then under "File Types" delete all the file types or at least the
> most common ones which are found on your system.
>
> --
> Allan

Thanks for your response - I had spotted that option whilst digging around.

In the end I solved it by, disconnecting external USB hd, ran the "Transfer
my files and settings Wizard" output to a directory on the source machine,
and then switched on ext. USB hd, and copied it from source boot-drive to
USB hd myself !

regards, Richard
 
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