My laptop drive has many bad block so it will not boot up. I installed a new
hard drive with XP and connected the old drive via USB adapter. I can see
the old drive fine.

How can I transfer user files / profiles easily WITHOUT using FAST since I
cannot boot up with the original drive to run FAST?

Is there another utility that will transfer the information from a user
folder mounted on another drive?

Thank you.

Vinnie Boombots wrote:
> My laptop drive has many bad block so it will not boot up. I
> installed a new hard drive with XP and connected the old drive via
> USB adapter. I can see the old drive fine.
>
> How can I transfer user files / profiles easily WITHOUT using FAST
> since I cannot boot up with the original drive to run FAST?
>
> Is there another utility that will transfer the information from a
> user folder mounted on another drive?
>
> Thank you.

COPY command from the command prompt

COPY/PASTE from the Explorer window

Open two My Computer windows; COPY from one, PASTE to the other

"Vinnie Boombots" <VinnieBoombots@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E1903A19-7259-412A-9C43-839AA44A3D77@microsoft.com...
> My laptop drive has many bad block so it will not boot up. I installed a new
> hard drive with XP and connected the old drive via USB adapter. I can see
> the old drive fine.
>
> How can I transfer user files / profiles easily WITHOUT using FAST since I
> cannot boot up with the original drive to run FAST?
>
> Is there another utility that will transfer the information from a user
> folder mounted on another drive?
>
> Thank you.


You're probably going to have to manually copy the files from your old HD to
your new XP installation. You can expect to have to take ownership of some of
your old files and folders. Take a look at these articles for more info.

"Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308421

Note: If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, you
must start the computer in safe mode, and then log on with an
account that has Administrative rights to have access to the
Security tab. To start in Safe Mode, reboot your computer and
start tapping the F8 key as soon as you see anything displayed
on the screen. Keep hitting F8 until the Advanced Startup
Options menu appears. Use the up and down arrow keys on your
keyboard to select Safe Mode. Hit Enter.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

Thanks for the info. I am aware I could just copy or drag items over but was
hoping another utility would do this for me and keep the settings, file
links, permissions, etc whatever is needed to just log into the old account.

Thanx

"Nepatsfan" wrote:

> "Vinnie Boombots" <VinnieBoombots@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E1903A19-7259-412A-9C43-839AA44A3D77@microsoft.com...
> > My laptop drive has many bad block so it will not boot up. I installed a new
> > hard drive with XP and connected the old drive via USB adapter. I can see
> > the old drive fine.
> >
> > How can I transfer user files / profiles easily WITHOUT using FAST since I
> > cannot boot up with the original drive to run FAST?
> >
> > Is there another utility that will transfer the information from a user
> > folder mounted on another drive?
> >
> > Thank you.
>
>
> You're probably going to have to manually copy the files from your old HD to
> your new XP installation. You can expect to have to take ownership of some of
> your old files and folders. Take a look at these articles for more info.
>
> "Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a Folder
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881
>
> How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308421
>
> Note: If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, you
> must start the computer in safe mode, and then log on with an
> account that has Administrative rights to have access to the
> Security tab. To start in Safe Mode, reboot your computer and
> start tapping the F8 key as soon as you see anything displayed
> on the screen. Keep hitting F8 until the Advanced Startup
> Options menu appears. Use the up and down arrow keys on your
> keyboard to select Safe Mode. Hit Enter.
>
> Good luck
>
> Nepatsfan
>
>
>

If your old HDD has so many bad blocks that it will not boot; the probability
of moving garbage is really high.

"Vinnie Boombots" <VinnieBoombots@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:31EABB91-9382-4ED8-BFB6-0F4EC1CEEE51@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the info. I am aware I could just copy or drag items over but was
> hoping another utility would do this for me and keep the settings, file
> links, permissions, etc whatever is needed to just log into the old account.
>
> Thanx
>
> "Nepatsfan" wrote:
>
>> "Vinnie Boombots" <VinnieBoombots@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E1903A19-7259-412A-9C43-839AA44A3D77@microsoft.com...
>> > My laptop drive has many bad block so it will not boot up. I installed a new
>> > hard drive with XP and connected the old drive via USB adapter. I can see
>> > the old drive fine.
>> >
>> > How can I transfer user files / profiles easily WITHOUT using FAST since I
>> > cannot boot up with the original drive to run FAST?
>> >
>> > Is there another utility that will transfer the information from a user
>> > folder mounted on another drive?
>> >
>> > Thank you.
>>
>>
>> You're probably going to have to manually copy the files from your old HD to
>> your new XP installation. You can expect to have to take ownership of some of
>> your old files and folders. Take a look at these articles for more info.
>>
>> "Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a Folder
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810881
>>
>> How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;308421
>>
>> Note: If you are running Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, you
>> must start the computer in safe mode, and then log on with an
>> account that has Administrative rights to have access to the
>> Security tab. To start in Safe Mode, reboot your computer and
>> start tapping the F8 key as soon as you see anything displayed
>> on the screen. Keep hitting F8 until the Advanced Startup
>> Options menu appears. Use the up and down arrow keys on your
>> keyboard to select Safe Mode. Hit Enter.
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> Nepatsfan
>>
>>
>>