Re: Files and Settings Transfer Wizard turns off computers
- From: "ilyaz" <ilyaz33@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 21:00:45 -0400
Sharon and Rick,
thanks for your messages.
First, on my old comp, there are only two drives: Floppy and CD. On the new
machine, there are SD, MMC, SM, MS Pro, MD and Compact Flash along with a CD
and DVD burner. As you may see, the CD is the only one I can use on both
machine...
The cable I use is a 9-pin on both ends female.
I like your suggestion "to just install the cables and establish
communications between them" , but when I connect cable both machines turn
off... That's my problem and I'd like to find a solution to it...
Regards,
Ilya
"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23Klw9O4mFHA.3572@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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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