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Thu 4 Oct, 2007 05:40 am
Using DriveImage 7.0 I made a complete backup of my Win98SE PC and then moved this large proprietary DriveImage file to an external USB HD.
Using DriveImage 7 I can now selectively restore any file or combination of files and/or directory structures from this DriveImage file to any location.
I am going to restore all my data files such as Word doc's, OE data, photos, IE favorites, etc from this external USB HD to my brand new WinXP PC.
1) What are the most likely locations of all the old data files?
2) What locations I should install the old data files when I restore them to my brand new WinXP PC?
3) Should I try and keep as much of the old directory structure as I can when I restore from the external USB HD to my brand new WinXP PC? Or should I just restore the data files and use as much of the existing directory structure of my brand new WinXP PC?
4) Using DriveImage 7.0 do you know what happens if I restore the entire directory structure of "My Documents" from the external USB HD to my brand new WinXP PC? Would I end up with two "My Documents" directories on my brand new WinXP PC, or would DriveImage 7.0 simply over-write the existing "My Documents" directory in my brand new WinXP PC?
5) I know about the directory "My Documents" and the directory "Desktop" for example, but where is all the OE data, and what is the best way to get them into OE on my brand new WinXP PC?
6) Because I have been using this old Win98SE machine for years, a lot of the data is not well organized. Some of the data is in the directory "Desktop", some in "My Documents", some under "C:\" and some I am not quite sure! DriveImage 7.0 lets you look at the complete directory structure and lets you view any file too, so I made notes on any data files I want to keep, but it's a tedious process of viewing directory structures and making notes! Is there a faster / better way if I'm not sure where I stuffed a bunch of data files?
7) Any suggestions for making sure the data is restored to convenient locations on my brand new WinXP PC, and I don't accidentally miss anything?
8) I know that WinXP helps you arrange directory structures by have preset places to put stuff, but I am not completely sure I know all the places where stuff usually goes in WinXP, can you list 'em please?
9) I know I should have been more careful over the years as to where I put photos and Word doc's etc, but I have been using this machine for so long things have gotten kinda disorganized.
10) I have never done a finicky restore of select files from an old machine to a new one because I've always simply backed-up and restored the whole drive. But this time I wanna do a fresh install of WinXP on my band new PC and not upgrade from Win98E - WinXP.
Using the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard (Windows XP)
The Files and Settings Transfer Wizard helps you move your data files and personal settings from your old computer to your new one, without having to go through much of the same configuration you did with your old computer. For example, you can take your personal display properties, folder and taskbar options, and Internet browser and e-mail settings from your old computer and place them on the new one. The wizard will also move specific files or entire folders, such as My Documents, My Pictures, and Favorites. Passwords are not moved with program settings when you use the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard. This is a feature of the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard that helps to keep your passwords confidential.
We recommend that you install a virus detection program on the new computer before transferring files over from the old computer. This can help protect your new computer from viruses that may be contained in the files transferred over from your old computer.
Open the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard.
To open the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Files and Settings Transfer Wizard.
Thanks but I cannot use the "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard" because I do not have a functioning Win98SE "source" PC. I only have the data as expressed by DriveImage in this particular case.
No need to go into the technical details as to why I don't have a functioning Win98SE "source" PC in this particular case, nor why there is no way I will ever have a functioning Win98SE "source" PC in this particular case.
I only have the data as expressed by DriveImage and that is why I need such specific questions answered about file locations and things of that nature.
If you read my post carefully you will see exactly what I have, and what I do not have and and exactly what I need to do.
Thanks!
I guess I should try and explain further as you were kind enough to respond!
I know it sucks but the DriveImage proprietary files are ever so slightly corrupt in some very hard to discern manner, the net result of which is that I cannot restore my data in its entirety to recreate the drive image from my D-HD to my C-HD.
Only the actual files are recoverable, not the whole image.
So that problem coupled with the fact that the C drive data became corrupt during a failed attempt at a Win2000 upgrade has left me in this unenviable position!
In actual fact the D-HD has a few bad sectors and thus may have been the cause of the DriveImage proprietary files being ever so slightly corrupt in some very hard to discern manner.
Strangely enough however, the DriveImage proprietary files will copy from the D-HD to other drives, suggesting that the bad sectors were not the cause of the DriveImage proprietary files being slightly corrupt, because if that were so the D-HD would not perhaps not be readable enough to do a successful file transfer of the DriveImage proprietary files to other drives.
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