Files and Settings Transfer Wizard

I cannot get my files and settings transfered. It keeps telling me that the
file specified for transfer does not contain any information. I can clearly
see that it does but it's all .dat so I can't read it. Can anybody help?
Thanks

1. After you have installed XP and your programs, open the
Files & Settings Transfer Wizard and select "New Computer".
2. Select "I don't need the Wizard Disk......"
3. Browse to your CD Drive and insert the CD containing the
"USMT2.UNC" file.
4. Your Files and Settings will begin installing on the new drive.

Note:

The .DAT file within the USMT2.UNC folder should be named IMG00001.DAT
There should also be a file named "status". If you have these two files within
the USMT2.UNC folder, you should only browse to the "USMT2.UNC" folder
when using the wizard.

== Make sure your IMG00001 file is properly named: IMG00001.DAT

You need to browse to the location of the "USMT2.UNC" folder. Do not browse
to or select the IMG00001.DAT file, only the USMT2.UNC folder itself.

For example, my location is: C:\Old Computer Files\Transfers\USMT2.UNC


HOW TO: Use Files and Settings Transfer Wizard in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp

List of Programs Whose Settings Are Migrated When You Use
the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];304903

Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm

Dealing with corrupt Files and Settings Transfer Wizard (F.A.S.T) image
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fast.htm

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups

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"shelleyanne" wrote:

| I cannot get my files and settings transfered. It keeps telling me that the
| file specified for transfer does not contain any information. I can clearly
| see that it does but it's all .dat so I can't read it. Can anybody help?
| Thanks

I have done everything you said to no avail. I do indeed have the
IMG00001.dat, IMG00002.dat and the status files in the USMT2.UNC folder. I
try to retrieve the USMT2.UNC folder from my second hard drive and it keeps
telling me that the file contains no stored information. Any more ideas?

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

1. After you have installed XP and your programs, open the
Files & Settings Transfer Wizard and select "New Computer".
2. Select "I don't need the Wizard Disk......"
3. Browse to your CD Drive and insert the CD containing the
"USMT2.UNC" file.
4. Your Files and Settings will begin installing on the new drive.

Note:

The .DAT file within the USMT2.UNC folder should be named IMG00001.DAT
There should also be a file named "status". If you have these two files within
the USMT2.UNC folder, you should only browse to the "USMT2.UNC" folder
when using the wizard.

== Make sure your IMG00001 file is properly named: IMG00001.DAT

You need to browse to the location of the "USMT2.UNC" folder. Do not browse
to or select the IMG00001.DAT file, only the USMT2.UNC folder itself.

For example, my location is: C:\Old Computer Files\Transfers\USMT2.UNC


HOW TO: Use Files and Settings Transfer Wizard in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp

List of Programs Whose Settings Are Migrated When You Use
the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];304903

Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm

Dealing with corrupt Files and Settings Transfer Wizard (F.A.S.T) image
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fast.htm

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups

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"shelleyanne" wrote:

| I cannot get my files and settings transfered. It keeps telling me that the
| file specified for transfer does not contain any information. I can clearly
| see that it does but it's all .dat so I can't read it. Can anybody help?
| Thanks

Yes. Delete the "IMG00002.dat" file.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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"shelleyanne" wrote:

| I have done everything you said to no avail. I do indeed have the
| IMG00001.dat, IMG00002.dat and the status files in the USMT2.UNC folder. I
| try to retrieve the USMT2.UNC folder from my second hard drive and it keeps
| telling me that the file contains no stored information. Any more ideas?
|
| "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
|
| 1. After you have installed XP and your programs, open the
| Files & Settings Transfer Wizard and select "New Computer".
| 2. Select "I don't need the Wizard Disk......"
| 3. Browse to your CD Drive and insert the CD containing the
| "USMT2.UNC" file.
| 4. Your Files and Settings will begin installing on the new drive.
|
| Note:
|
| The .DAT file within the USMT2.UNC folder should be named IMG00001.DAT
| There should also be a file named "status". If you have these two files within
| the USMT2.UNC folder, you should only browse to the "USMT2.UNC" folder
| when using the wizard.
|
| == Make sure your IMG00001 file is properly named: IMG00001.DAT
|
| You need to browse to the location of the "USMT2.UNC" folder. Do not browse
| to or select the IMG00001.DAT file, only the USMT2.UNC folder itself.
|
| For example, my location is: C:\Old Computer Files\Transfers\USMT2.UNC
|
|
| HOW TO: Use Files and Settings Transfer Wizard in Windows XP
| http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp
|
| List of Programs Whose Settings Are Migrated When You Use
| the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
| http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];304903
|
| Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
| http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm
|
| Dealing with corrupt Files and Settings Transfer Wizard (F.A.S.T) image
| http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fast.htm
|
| --
| Carey Frisch
| Microsoft MVP
| Windows XP Shell/User
| Microsoft Community Newsgroups
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| "shelleyanne" wrote:
|
| | I cannot get my files and settings transfered. It keeps telling me that the
| | file specified for transfer does not contain any information. I can clearly
| | see that it does but it's all .dat so I can't read it. Can anybody help?
| | Thanks
|

I deleted the file and it still says that the file contains no stored
information. Any other ideas? Thanks.

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

Yes. Delete the "IMG00002.dat" file.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"shelleyanne" wrote:

| I have done everything you said to no avail. I do indeed have the
| IMG00001.dat, IMG00002.dat and the status files in the USMT2.UNC folder. I
| try to retrieve the USMT2.UNC folder from my second hard drive and it keeps
| telling me that the file contains no stored information. Any more ideas?
|
| "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
|
| 1. After you have installed XP and your programs, open the
| Files & Settings Transfer Wizard and select "New Computer".
| 2. Select "I don't need the Wizard Disk......"
| 3. Browse to your CD Drive and insert the CD containing the
| "USMT2.UNC" file.
| 4. Your Files and Settings will begin installing on the new drive.
|
| Note:
|
| The .DAT file within the USMT2.UNC folder should be named IMG00001.DAT
| There should also be a file named "status". If you have these two files within
| the USMT2.UNC folder, you should only browse to the "USMT2.UNC" folder
| when using the wizard.
|
| == Make sure your IMG00001 file is properly named: IMG00001.DAT
|
| You need to browse to the location of the "USMT2.UNC" folder. Do not browse
| to or select the IMG00001.DAT file, only the USMT2.UNC folder itself.
|
| For example, my location is: C:\Old Computer Files\Transfers\USMT2.UNC
|
|
| HOW TO: Use Files and Settings Transfer Wizard in Windows XP
| http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp
|
| List of Programs Whose Settings Are Migrated When You Use
| the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
| http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];304903
|
| Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
| http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm
|
| Dealing with corrupt Files and Settings Transfer Wizard (F.A.S.T) image
| http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fast.htm
|
| --
| Carey Frisch
| Microsoft MVP
| Windows XP Shell/User
| Microsoft Community Newsgroups
|
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| "shelleyanne" wrote:
|
| | I cannot get my files and settings transfered. It keeps telling me that the
| | file specified for transfer does not contain any information. I can clearly
| | see that it does but it's all .dat so I can't read it. Can anybody help?
| | Thanks
|

Carey,

I am having the same problem. I met all the conditions you specified,
and no success. I saved the files to different drives in the same
computer and also tried network drives. On the same computer, the
system simply could not find the file (see previous post). On a
network drive, I gave me some other BS answer.

I set up the new drive, and tried the wizard before and after
upgrading to SP2 with the same failure results. I had already set up
user accounts on the new drive.

Note: To date I have accessed the wizard through the Programs menu.
The next thing I will try is to run the wizard from the XP CD itself.


Any insights would be great. There must be some "secret" not covered
in the documentation, possibly to do with SP2, but this feature is
looking like the Old Microsoft -- Big Promises, No Delivery. Does
this program really work or is just a "check in the mail?"

TIA

Carey,

I am having the same problem. I met all the conditions you specified,
and no success. I saved the files to different drives in the same
computer and also tried network drives. On the same computer, the
system simply could not find the file (see previous post). On a
network drive, I gave me some other BS answer.

I set up the new drive, and tried the wizard before and after
upgrading to SP2 with the same failure results. I had already set up
user accounts on the new drive.

Note: To date I have accessed the wizard through the Programs menu.
The next thing I will try is to run the wizard from the XP CD itself.


Any insights would be great. There must be some "secret" not covered
in the documentation, possibly to do with SP2, but this feature is
looking like the Old Microsoft -- Big Promises, No Delivery. Does
this program really work or is just a "check in the mail?"

TIA

I tried it with and without the XP cd. Nothing is working. Same problem both
ways. Shelley

"Guy" wrote:

Carey,

I am having the same problem. I met all the conditions you specified,
and no success. I saved the files to different drives in the same
computer and also tried network drives. On the same computer, the
system simply could not find the file (see previous post). On a
network drive, I gave me some other BS answer.

I set up the new drive, and tried the wizard before and after
upgrading to SP2 with the same failure results. I had already set up
user accounts on the new drive.

Note: To date I have accessed the wizard through the Programs menu.
The next thing I will try is to run the wizard from the XP CD itself.


Any insights would be great. There must be some "secret" not covered
in the documentation, possibly to do with SP2, but this feature is
looking like the Old Microsoft -- Big Promises, No Delivery. Does
this program really work or is just a "check in the mail?"

TIA

It's looking more and more like a Colossal Waste Of Time. I will
manually install my programs. Too bad -- I could have saved about 8
hours; on the positive side, at least I will have a clean registry!

I can't get my word and email stuff back. I don't think I ever will at this
rate. I thought I was protecting my stuff. At least that's what windows
said would happen. This files and settings transfer wizard is a joke. I
wouldn't recommend anyone use it.

"Guy" wrote:

It's looking more and more like a Colossal Waste Of Time. I will
manually install my programs. Too bad -- I could have saved about 8
hours; on the positive side, at least I will have a clean registry!

I'm in the same boat and I can't get my files back. My advice, NEVER user a
Microsoft product to backup you machine. I've had issues with backup files in
the past, now this.

The end result for me, my wife is madder than _ _ _ _ at me for losing her
files. The price I've paid for this is way too high. And Microsoft wonders
where the people come from who bash them so regularly.

My rule one from now on is NEVER trust a Microsoft Wizard or automated
process to perserve something I have to preserve.

And Carey Frisch I've gone through all the steps over and over again to no
avail. The rv2opq tool referred to at http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fast.htm
indicates the img00001.dat files are corrupt, the header file is damaged. The
fastconv tool has no more luck than the wizard has. And I've launched the
wizard from both XP with full updates and the XP CD rom. Unfortunately I
can't go back and re-run the wizard since the whole process here was a
reformat of the original hard drive.

Oh and I have more than one of these files, I ran this for all five of my
families user profiles and all 5 are corrupt.

Someone made reference of being able to open the .dat file and could see
their files in it. All I get is encrypted garbage, is there a tool I'm
missing out there that I can use to save what I can? WinZip 10 won't open
them neither will the XP compression utility.

~Mark very angry smiley with smoke coming out of ears anyones looking for
me I'm in the doghouse out back for the next week or two After that you can
find me by the bright orange t-shirt that says idiot who trusted Microsoft
Files and Settings Transfer Wizard.

"shelleyanne" wrote:

I can't get my word and email stuff back. I don't think I ever will at this
rate. I thought I was protecting my stuff. At least that's what windows
said would happen. This files and settings transfer wizard is a joke. I
wouldn't recommend anyone use it.

"Guy" wrote:

It's looking more and more like a Colossal Waste Of Time. I will
manually install my programs. Too bad -- I could have saved about 8
hours; on the positive side, at least I will have a clean registry!

=?Utf-8?B?TWFya0luU2FsZW1PUg==?= wrote:

The end result for me, my wife is madder than _ _ _ _ at me for losing her
files. The price I've paid for this is way too high. And Microsoft wonders
where the people come from who bash them so regularly.

This is NOT a Microsoft problem. This is a pc user problem. Microsoft it
NOT responsible for your failure to backup important data.

All you had to due is burn important data to a CD, or just copy to
another hard drive.


--
http://www.bootdisk.com/

"MarkInSalemOR" wrote in message
news
I'm in the same boat and I can't get my files back. My advice, NEVER user
a
Microsoft product to backup you machine. I've had issues with backup files
in
the past, now this.

The end result for me, my wife is madder than _ _ _ _ at me for losing her
files. The price I've paid for this is way too high. And Microsoft wonders
where the people come from who bash them so regularly.

My rule one from now on is NEVER trust a Microsoft Wizard or automated
process to perserve something I have to preserve.

And Carey Frisch I've gone through all the steps over and over again to no
avail. The rv2opq tool referred to at http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fast.htm
indicates the img00001.dat files are corrupt, the header file is damaged.
The
fastconv tool has no more luck than the wizard has. And I've launched the
wizard from both XP with full updates and the XP CD rom. Unfortunately I
can't go back and re-run the wizard since the whole process here was a
reformat of the original hard drive.

Oh and I have more than one of these files, I ran this for all five of my
families user profiles and all 5 are corrupt.

Someone made reference of being able to open the .dat file and could see
their files in it. All I get is encrypted garbage, is there a tool I'm
missing out there that I can use to save what I can? WinZip 10 won't open
them neither will the XP compression utility.

~Mark very angry smiley with smoke coming out of ears anyones looking
for
me I'm in the doghouse out back for the next week or two After that you
can
find me by the bright orange t-shirt that says idiot who trusted Microsoft
Files and Settings Transfer Wizard.

"shelleyanne" wrote:

I can't get my word and email stuff back. I don't think I ever will at
this
rate. I thought I was protecting my stuff. At least that's what windows
said would happen. This files and settings transfer wizard is a joke. I
wouldn't recommend anyone use it.

"Guy" wrote:

It's looking more and more like a Colossal Waste Of Time. I will
manually install my programs. Too bad -- I could have saved about 8
hours; on the positive side, at least I will have a clean registry!



Did you install the optional Windows Update KB896344 on the target computer
or the source computer? If it was not on the source but is on the target it
may be the cause of your problem. If this is the case then uninstall it from
the target or install it on the source and try the transfer again.

Kerry

Your right I should have copied all of the settings and files manually before
running the wizard. But then why run the wizard at that point? Pretty much
makes the wizard a moot point.

~Mark

"Plato" wrote:

=?Utf-8?B?TWFya0luU2FsZW1PUg==?= wrote:

The end result for me, my wife is madder than _ _ _ _ at me for losing her
files. The price I've paid for this is way too high. And Microsoft wonders
where the people come from who bash them so regularly.

This is NOT a Microsoft problem. This is a pc user problem. Microsoft it
NOT responsible for your failure to backup important data.

All you had to due is burn important data to a CD, or just copy to
another hard drive.


--
http://www.bootdisk.com/

All of my updates are current. I have them installed automatically. I will
try to uninstall it though just in case it somehow wasn't on the original
computer. That could be possible if it came out after January. That is when
I did the transfer wizard and have been fighting with it ever since.

"Kerry Brown" wrote:

"MarkInSalemOR" wrote in message
news
I'm in the same boat and I can't get my files back. My advice, NEVER user
a
Microsoft product to backup you machine. I've had issues with backup files
in
the past, now this.

The end result for me, my wife is madder than _ _ _ _ at me for losing her
files. The price I've paid for this is way too high. And Microsoft wonders
where the people come from who bash them so regularly.

My rule one from now on is NEVER trust a Microsoft Wizard or automated
process to perserve something I have to preserve.

And Carey Frisch I've gone through all the steps over and over again to no
avail. The rv2opq tool referred to at http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fast.htm
indicates the img00001.dat files are corrupt, the header file is damaged.
The
fastconv tool has no more luck than the wizard has. And I've launched the
wizard from both XP with full updates and the XP CD rom. Unfortunately I
can't go back and re-run the wizard since the whole process here was a
reformat of the original hard drive.

Oh and I have more than one of these files, I ran this for all five of my
families user profiles and all 5 are corrupt.

Someone made reference of being able to open the .dat file and could see
their files in it. All I get is encrypted garbage, is there a tool I'm
missing out there that I can use to save what I can? WinZip 10 won't open
them neither will the XP compression utility.

~Mark very angry smiley with smoke coming out of ears anyones looking
for
me I'm in the doghouse out back for the next week or two After that you
can
find me by the bright orange t-shirt that says idiot who trusted Microsoft
Files and Settings Transfer Wizard.

"shelleyanne" wrote:

I can't get my word and email stuff back. I don't think I ever will at
this
rate. I thought I was protecting my stuff. At least that's what windows
said would happen. This files and settings transfer wizard is a joke. I
wouldn't recommend anyone use it.

"Guy" wrote:

It's looking more and more like a Colossal Waste Of Time. I will
manually install my programs. Too bad -- I could have saved about 8
hours; on the positive side, at least I will have a clean registry!



Did you install the optional Windows Update KB896344 on the target computer
or the source computer? If it was not on the source but is on the target it
may be the cause of your problem. If this is the case then uninstall it from
the target or install it on the source and try the transfer again.

Kerry