On May 14, 6:06 am, "Jack" <j...@knight.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi,
> I have an old PC that was installed with XP and a new PC for Vista...
> I want to transfer all the stuff from the old PC to the new one,
> If I just use cut-n-paste, some data would be missed out,
> so I tried somethin' like this but unfortunately to no avail,
> xcopy /c /e 192.168.1.200://C:\*.* .
> where the address is for my old PC
> and . is the current directory on my Vista PC..
> Any hints
> Thanks[/color]

I am not a Windows expert but make sure you run syntax
on xcopy. There is no mention that it supports ip addresses,
it only knows about source/destination in reference to
disk volumes based on letters like C:/D:/etc either explicit
or implied. Even if it knew, you still have to go thru a common
routine to allow any network transfers using any command.

Better do it the common way - disable all firewalls on both machines
(but first remove the Internet cable from the router until you
transfer
all the files and restart the firewalls on both machins later, keep in
mind
that some PC's run more than one firewall so find them all).
Then allow the disk drive on your machine with XP to be shared with
read permissions (run Properties on the drive), after you transfer
the
files disable the sharing). Then you should see the shared drive on
your machine with Vista - look for it in the Network folder and not
the list of your local drives (you may wait a little or restart the
machine).
Then just run copy or copies from windows file explorer (command
window
is too clumsy).