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Version mis-matching with the Windows File and Settings transfer wizard can cause high blood pressure. Trust me, I found that out earlier today. For a brief moment in time it seemed I had lost about 20GB of my daughter’s data!

After her “new” machine was loaded and patched, I fired up the File and Settings Transfer (FAST) wizard, pointed at her stuff on a lan drive and…

The location that you specified does not contain stored information. Please type a valid folder path into the edit box.

If you entered a path to a folder on a removable disk, the disk must be in the drive.

Oh crap. Hmm, maybe it doesn’t like UNC notation? Mapped a drive letter to the location and tried again.

Same thing. Oh boy.

Then I recalled seeing something about FAST in the optional stuff at Windows Update.

Hark!

Apparently that was installed on the old computer. Once I grabbed that update for the new computer, the wizard miraculously realized there was data to transfer. *phew*

2 Responses to “Transferring Settings”

1. Peter on June 21st, 2007 8:57 pm
   

   Your daughter has 20GB of data?!?!

2. Chris on June 21st, 2007 9:25 pm
   

   Mostly pictures and a bunch of music not yet assimilated into the “borg collective” of the family collection.

   Just wait… when your daughter’s in high school, 20GB will be sneezed at.

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