Hi Jack ( sorry no pun intended lolol ) if you are having trouble copying
data from your old computer to the new one why don't you just burn it onto cd
or dvd. This would save you the hassles you are having.

"maruk2********.com" wrote:
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> On May 14, 6:06 am, "Jack" <j...@knight.com> wrote:[color=green]
> > 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
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> 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).
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