"WhzzKdd" <frack_this@email_is.invalid> wrote:

>"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote in message
>news:mihs63l6ses0n22rbh5a2hfscl9a167kof@4ax.com.. .
>> "WhzzKdd" <frack_this@email_is.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote in message
>>>news:kgdq635042r1ne4f096h7s2t3otku6utnf@4ax.com ...
>>>> At http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/s...hattoknow.mspx I read
>>>>
>>>> I used
>>>> the File & Transfer Wizard. But the new PC doesn't recognise the
>>>> settings I've copied across, i.e. the wizard won't run on the new PC.
>>>> I'm *guessing* this is because it's on SP1 and the settings were saved
>>>> on SP2.
>>>
>>>I believe you are correct. And it may not be just the SP2, but there is a
>>>later update for FAST that allows compatibility between 32 bit and 64 bit
>>>Windows. If that was installed, you'll have to have it back on the PC
>>>before
>>>you can access the data. BUT try the SP2 FAST first before adding that
>>>latest update.
>>
>> Thanks for the various helpful follow-ups.
>>
>> WhzzKdd: as you may have seen from my reply just now to Alias, I had
>> no joy with FAST (thanks for the acronym!) and am keen to get to the
>> bottom of why. Not sure I grasp this 32/64 distinction. Didn't even
>> know there *was* a '64 bit Windows'. When would I encounter that, or
>> want it? In this case, I used her 4-year old XP Home CD, then used the
>> 266 MB SP2 WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe (which I downloaded on my
>> own PC).
>>
>
>Windows does have a 32 bit and a 64 bit OS. The 64 bit provides better
>support for the 64 bit processors, but unless one is running software
>actually written for the 64 bit enviroment, there is not a significant
>increase in performance.
>
>That being the case, MS had to re-code the FAST to handle transferring data
>from the 32 bit OS to the 64 bit OS. There was a MS update for that software
>change. So the reality is that may be dealing with as many as FOUR
>distinctly different versions of FAST: RTM (Release to Manufacture), SP1,
>SP2, and the 64 bit update (maybe only three - the RTM may be the same as
>the SP1 - I don't know for sure). In my experience (like yours), they do not
>play well togther. I've lost data myself to this MS mess-up.
>
>So your data may have been compressed with SP1, and SP2 may not read it. And
>if you compressed with SP2, with the upgrade installed, the SP2 may not read
>it.
>
>Here at my home office, I used to have all four versions on disk. Why? Just
>in case. I think I lost one or two recently - bad floppy disks.
>
>What I would suggest doing is putting the CD that came with her computer
>into the system, and when the menu comes up, go to the option for Perform
>Additional Tasks, and run the FAST wizard from there. It is possible that
>your data was compressed with that version. If that doesn't work, then get
>the upgrade to the latest one and install it, and try again:
>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
>(This was a non-critical update, but I've run into a number of computers
>where the user installed it "just because it came from Microsoft", even
>though they have no intention of ever going to a 64 bit system.)
>

Thanks, I'll try that at some stage, if only to satisfy my curiosity,
and also to hopefully get FAST working when I install *my* next PC
sometime.

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Terry, West Sussex, UK