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Main => Everything Else => Topic started by: spystyle on December 24, 2008, 08:12:24 am
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Short version : How can I copy the contents of a vista hard drive to an XP hard drive? I'd like to copy those files to a folder called "C:\backup"
The problem is when copying / moving the Vista hard drive files to the XP hard drive, using windows explorer within windows XP, it doesn't work.
I think Vista puts permissions or encryptions on it's files...
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Long version :
Hello from icy cold Maine,
Oh what a pain, Vista!
An acquaintance of mine had a new Vista PC, he used it for a while then gave it to me to install XP. As usual to make a backup I boot a person's PC with a boot CD that contains "windows explorer" and "norton ghost", then copy their hard drive to my external USB drive, then I install Windows XP SP3 (my custom skinny version made with Nlite), then I copy the files on the external USB drive to a folder called "backup" on their computer.
But I haven't done this with Vista before, I have cloned his Vista hard drive to my external drive with "ghost", then installed XP on his computer. But now I can't move the files from the external drive to a folder on his new installation of XP.
Vista has some kind of permissions or encryption in the files.
How can I move those files?
Thanks,
Craig
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Try Robocopy, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy). It's proved invaluable to me with moving files from within Vista.
Robocopy GUI can be found on TechNet (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2006.11.utilityspotlight.aspx)
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Thanks :)
I'll try that.
Boy I hate Vista, and they released it just as they finally got XP working correctly (SP3)
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Cheers,
Craig
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Agreed,
Vista, FTL!
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Thanks :)
I'll try that.
Boy I hate Vista, and they released it just as they finally got XP working correctly (SP3)
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Cheers,
Craig
Yeaaaaaahh, back to a 9 year old OS. Would you like your brand new car to be like one that was built 9 years ago ? Isn't it crazy ?
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I drive a '95 Toyota and it owns the road :)
My best camera is from 2003 and my best camera lens is circa '95
My favorite arcade game is from 1982.
Newer is not always better, sometimes newer is a plastic overpriced version of what we had yesterday.
Cheers,
Craig
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Yeaaaaaahh, back to a 9 year old OS. Would you like your brand new car to be like one that was built 9 years ago ? Isn't it crazy ?
Hell yeah. I'm not buying another car until I'm confident I can find one like my '99 Civic. Cars are a bad example, not much has changed in the last decade.
Let's try wives. How would you like your wife to look like she did 9 years ago?
Wait, let's try something else...
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Hello from icy cold Maine,
Its not that cold, it even rained for a bit in Bar Harbor :P
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...Let's try wives. How would you like your wife to look like she did 9 years ago?
Wait, let's try something else...
So funny :)
Its not that cold, it even rained for a bit in Bar Harbor :P
Not cold if you're an Eskimo perhaps. If I can't have a pic nic it is too cold !
:)
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Not cold if you're an Eskimo perhaps. If I can't have a pic nic it is too cold !
It's Inuit, and there is no way you are a real Mainer. Move back to Floriduh!
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I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas :)
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Well, XP does have a real retro look and feel I suppose....... ::) ::)
Today's cars have more features, are more powerful and clean(er) and are much safer.
(Some of) today's OS's have more features, are more powerful and clean(er) and are much safer.
Buy a Mac :laugh:
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vista sucks like windows ME sucked
98se or xp