Trouble transfering a drive to Vista over a LAN

I am trying to copy my entire C drive from a Windows 2000 system
to a Vista machine via a Linksys router. I tried doing it with a drag and
drop on the Vista machine, but it only copied about 10% of the
files. I suppose it is a permissions thing. The files I want are under a
user sign on on the 2000 machine, in a FAT32 partition. The target
folder is also a FAT32 partition on the VISTA machine. Vista has
some problems accessing FAT32 files. Also, I would like to get a
complete image of the C drive, including folders and sub-folders.
The folders I was able to transfer were all mixed up.

Can I do this over a WORKGROUP connection? I have a collection
of data and programs I would like to save on the Vista machine.

I have to ask, what is the purpose of copying the win2k C drive to your
Vista PC.
If its data files you simply copy, or drag and drop the files over the
network.
Its not neccessary to copy fat32 data files to a fat32 disk, they can be
copied to ntfs

"sherwindu" <sherwindu@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>I am trying to copy my entire C drive from a Windows 2000 system
> to a Vista machine via a Linksys router. I tried doing it with a drag and
> drop on the Vista machine, but it only copied about 10% of the
> files. I suppose it is a permissions thing. The files I want are under a
> user sign on on the 2000 machine, in a FAT32 partition. The target
> folder is also a FAT32 partition on the VISTA machine. Vista has
> some problems accessing FAT32 files. Also, I would like to get a
> complete image of the C drive, including folders and sub-folders.
> The folders I was able to transfer were all mixed up.
>
> Can I do this over a WORKGROUP connection? I have a collection
> of data and programs I would like to save on the Vista machine.
>

DL wrote:

> I have to ask, what is the purpose of copying the win2k C drive to your
> Vista PC.
> If its data files you simply copy, or drag and drop the files over the
> network.
> Its not neccessary to copy fat32 data files to a fat32 disk, they can be
> copied to ntfs
>

I am doing this for two reasons. One is to provide a convenient backup of my
2000 drive, which is on the verge of crashing. I could buy an external drive,
but
thought I could use the Vista computer for this purpose.

Secondly, I thought it would make it easier to convert programs and data to the
Vista
machine. I may decide to do a dual boot system of Vista and 2000, so having the
files
on theVista machine would make it easier. I was able to bring several folders
over with
the click and drag over the router. I guess some programs were missing because
Vista
would not accept them for compatibility reasons.

There's more to copying a system drive than simply copying what you see,
your method simply wont work.
The simplest method is via a dedicated Image app, e.g. True Image or Ghost
You can, I believe, use xcopy with the appropriate switches

You cannot convert / move your win2k programs to be available to Vista, they
would need reinstalling in Vista.
You can move data to the Vista PC, you do not require a fat32 partition, In
fact I would not use a fat32 partition at all.

I'd suggest reformatting this partition as ntfs, then use a dedicated Image
Application. I'd also suggest, in addition, copying your data to the Vista
Documents, or other suitable folder.

As for attempting a dual boot, IMO only worthwhile if you are retiring the
win2k PC, and have apps that wont run under Vista. I'll also leave the 'how
to set up dual boot' to someone else.


"sherwindu" <sherwindu@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>
>
> DL wrote:
>
>> I have to ask, what is the purpose of copying the win2k C drive to your
>> Vista PC.
>> If its data files you simply copy, or drag and drop the files over the
>> network.
>> Its not neccessary to copy fat32 data files to a fat32 disk, they can be
>> copied to ntfs
>>
>
> I am doing this for two reasons. One is to provide a convenient backup of
> my
> 2000 drive, which is on the verge of crashing. I could buy an external
> drive,
> but
> thought I could use the Vista computer for this purpose.
>
> Secondly, I thought it would make it easier to convert programs and data
> to the
> Vista
> machine. I may decide to do a dual boot system of Vista and 2000, so
> having the
> files
> on theVista machine would make it easier. I was able to bring several
> folders
> over with
> the click and drag over the router. I guess some programs were missing
> because
> Vista
> would not accept them for compatibility reasons.
>