WET not easy & not transferring

I am trying to create a backup of an HP Vista laptop with 2 physical drives
so I can send it to HP to have the LCD screen replaced under warranty. I am
using the migwiz.exe like I am going to migrate all my stuff to a new
machine because that would be the worst case scenario. I don't want just my
data backed up, I want everything. I don't expect HP to mess with the
drives, but you never know. The intention is to restore the latop in case HP
totally botches it. I am running the migwiz from the Vista laptop and
collecting everything over my network to an XP machine with more than enough
disk space. The collection of files and settings begins, but every time it
gets to the collction of accessibility settings, it fails.

"Windows Easy Transfer failed. Migwiz will now be canceled" (or words
similar). I get no explanation or indication of why it is failing. This has
happened 3 times, the third time I mapped a network drive to the vista
machine (as opposed to navigating to the directory's path via the network)
and there was no change. How can I get Windows "Easy" "Transfer" to actually
collect and transfer my stuff? Parden my frustration, but this is my 3rd
experience with WET and it has never worked correctly for me.
Many thanx,

Ripper

If you want 'everything' backed up use an Imaging application, Acronis True
Image & Symantec Ghost being two, there are others.
WET is not going to save 'everything'


"Ripper" <ripper@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:eNE1rDL9IHA.1468@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I am trying to create a backup of an HP Vista laptop with 2 physical drives
>so I can send it to HP to have the LCD screen replaced under warranty. I am
>using the migwiz.exe like I am going to migrate all my stuff to a new
>machine because that would be the worst case scenario. I don't want just my
>data backed up, I want everything. I don't expect HP to mess with the
>drives, but you never know. The intention is to restore the latop in case
>HP totally botches it. I am running the migwiz from the Vista laptop and
>collecting everything over my network to an XP machine with more than
>enough disk space. The collection of files and settings begins, but every
>time it gets to the collction of accessibility settings, it fails.
>
> "Windows Easy Transfer failed. Migwiz will now be canceled" (or words
> similar). I get no explanation or indication of why it is failing. This
> has happened 3 times, the third time I mapped a network drive to the vista
> machine (as opposed to navigating to the directory's path via the network)
> and there was no change. How can I get Windows "Easy" "Transfer" to
> actually collect and transfer my stuff? Parden my frustration, but this is
> my 3rd experience with WET and it has never worked correctly for me.
> Many thanx,
>
> Ripper
>

I'll rephrase. How can I get Windows Easy Transfer to transfer my files and
settings?

Rip

"DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
news:udDfBBP9IHA.5968@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> If you want 'everything' backed up use an Imaging application, Acronis
> True Image & Symantec Ghost being two, there are others.
> WET is not going to save 'everything'
>
>
> "Ripper" <ripper@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:eNE1rDL9IHA.1468@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I am trying to create a backup of an HP Vista laptop with 2 physical
>>drives so I can send it to HP to have the LCD screen replaced under
>>warranty. I am using the migwiz.exe like I am going to migrate all my
>>stuff to a new machine because that would be the worst case scenario. I
>>don't want just my data backed up, I want everything. I don't expect HP to
>>mess with the drives, but you never know. The intention is to restore the
>>latop in case HP totally botches it. I am running the migwiz from the
>>Vista laptop and collecting everything over my network to an XP machine
>>with more than enough disk space. The collection of files and settings
>>begins, but every time it gets to the collction of accessibility settings,
>>it fails.
>>
>> "Windows Easy Transfer failed. Migwiz will now be canceled" (or words
>> similar). I get no explanation or indication of why it is failing. This
>> has happened 3 times, the third time I mapped a network drive to the
>> vista machine (as opposed to navigating to the directory's path via the
>> network) and there was no change. How can I get Windows "Easy" "Transfer"
>> to actually collect and transfer my stuff? Parden my frustration, but
>> this is my 3rd experience with WET and it has never worked correctly for
>> me.
>> Many thanx,
>>
>> Ripper
>>
>
>

If you have Business or above, there is a System Backup in vista, but not in
Basic, or premium.
Forget WET.
And, if you don't want to use Acronis to do a full backup, copy your Data to
flash drive/memory stick!
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"RipperT @nOsPaM.nEt>" wrote:

> I'll rephrase. How can I get Windows Easy Transfer to transfer my files and
> settings?
>
> Rip
>
> "DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
> news:udDfBBP9IHA.5968@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > If you want 'everything' backed up use an Imaging application, Acronis
> > True Image & Symantec Ghost being two, there are others.
> > WET is not going to save 'everything'
> >
> >
> > "Ripper" <ripper@nospam.net> wrote in message
> > news:eNE1rDL9IHA.1468@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >>I am trying to create a backup of an HP Vista laptop with 2 physical
> >>drives so I can send it to HP to have the LCD screen replaced under
> >>warranty. I am using the migwiz.exe like I am going to migrate all my
> >>stuff to a new machine because that would be the worst case scenario. I
> >>don't want just my data backed up, I want everything. I don't expect HP to
> >>mess with the drives, but you never know. The intention is to restore the
> >>latop in case HP totally botches it. I am running the migwiz from the
> >>Vista laptop and collecting everything over my network to an XP machine
> >>with more than enough disk space. The collection of files and settings
> >>begins, but every time it gets to the collction of accessibility settings,
> >>it fails.
> >>
> >> "Windows Easy Transfer failed. Migwiz will now be canceled" (or words
> >> similar). I get no explanation or indication of why it is failing. This
> >> has happened 3 times, the third time I mapped a network drive to the
> >> vista machine (as opposed to navigating to the directory's path via the
> >> network) and there was no change. How can I get Windows "Easy" "Transfer"
> >> to actually collect and transfer my stuff? Parden my frustration, but
> >> this is my 3rd experience with WET and it has never worked correctly for
> >> me.
> >> Many thanx,
> >>
> >> Ripper
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>