Re: Files and Settings Transfer Wizard turns off computers

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Hi,

As Sharon has noted, there are much easier ways to transfer one small file
(a USB thumb drive would be my choice as well, and they're cheap). As to
both machines shutting down, that is quite odd. Sharon asked about your
cable, have you checked that it's a null modem cable? That would be
important for the machines to talk to each other.

Another way of doing this would be to just install the cables and establish
communications between them (the networking wizard will walk you through
this). Then copy the file to a shared folder on one machine and copy it
across via the network connection. FAST is designed to transfer the bulk of
the system, not just a couple of files.

Another option would be a USB floppy for the new machine, they cost all of
~$20 in the US.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"ilyaz" <ilyaz33@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OmLSHR3mFHA.1204@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Rick,
> since you were so kind to respond to my call, may I cry on your shoulder?
> ;-)
> To begin with, let me provide you with more basic info.
> As I mentioned it, I have two machines with Win XP SP2 installed. The old
> has a floppy and CD drive, the new has almost all kind of drives, but the
> floppy. I have one important file on the floppy disk which I'd like to
> move (copy) to my new machine. Of course, this file is less than 1.5 Mb,
> so, time factor is not a problem. Moreover, I'd keep the cable connection
> for the occasional transfer of some files back and forth.
> I started the FAST on the new machine to create a Wizard CD (remember, I
> have burner, etc., but no floppy on this machine), and was presented with
> a list of available drives, but the burner... Then I chose "I don't need a
> Wizard Disk", selected "Direct cable" and went to the old machine where I
> run the same process up to "Set up your serial connection". However, as
> soon as I connected both machines with the serial cable and clicked on
> "Autodetect", both machines started to shut off...
> I looked at the page you've recommended, but found no answer to my
> particular problem. Is there anything I can do to get serial transfer
> working?
> Thanks for your help.
> Ilya
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OkCb9b0mFHA.1480@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi Ilya,
>>
>> Are you trying to run it on both computers at the same time? You should
>> only do it on one- not both. Be aware also that a serial connection is
>> exceedingly slow, and the transfer may take several hours, if not days
>> (depending on the amount of data to be transferred). The recipient
>> machine must have a shared folder on it that the sender can write to as
>> well. For more on using FAST, please see:
>> http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "ilyaz" <ilyaz33@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:%23GD0jevmFHA.1048@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>I have two eMachines both running Windows XP Home SP2 and would like to
>>>transfer some files from one machine to another. However, after I run
>>>Files and Settings Transfer Wizard on both computers, connect them with
>>>PC to PC serial cable and click AUTODETECT, both machine turn off. What's
>>>wrong? How can I transfer files from one machine to another using serial
>>>cable?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ilya Zeldes
>>> Fort Myers, Florida
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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