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I work in a shop where, if the harddrive is known to be working well, we sometimes simply reinstall the operating system on the existing drive, but keep the existing files on the drive (Windows.old folder). We then migrate the entire User folder to the new profile and extract the Drivers from Windows.old/WINDOWS/system32/DRIVERSTORE if needed.
I would like to use Fab's to move the necessary files from windows.old, as you would when switching drives.
This means I get to keep the Windows.old for a period of time until the customer can verify all of their needed files are still available.
I've had a few cases where Fab's didn't pick up certain software locations or files within the programs and we had to search for deleted files as a result.
How can I make this happen?
When choosing "Transfer Data" and "select windows directory" to choose C:/Windows.old/Windows, it only gives me the normal profiles found on C:/Users, not C:/Windows.old/Users.
Edit: Here's the only workaround I've managed:
(assuming you only have 1 accessible NTFS partition; if you have a RECOVERY partition or something else Fab's will recognize, use that instead of the 100mb temporary partition)
1) Use Disk Management to shrink your main partition by 100mb
2) Create a NTFS partition on the 100mb unallocated space
3) Run Fab's, Select Data Transfer, Select Source Hard drive, and choose the 100mb partition you made.
4) It will say the remote registry hive could not be loaded, and hit Yes to select the users profile directory manually
5) Select C:/windows.old/Users
6) The correct profiles will be visible and transferrable
7) Transfer data
8) Delete the temporary partition and expand the volume.
Last edited by Armedtoe (2016-02-18 22:18:05)
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I also been using the same technique (moving everything to an OLD folder) for the longest time. What I then do is move the OLD Documents files manually to the new installation location and then finally use Fab to backup the OLD settings and restore them to the new installation.
It would great to have Fab's Transfer feature have a "move" option so that the Transfer feature will "move" the files from the OLD location to the new installation. Moving files on the same drive is under 10 seconds no matter how much data (even 500+ GB).
PCS Solutions
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I would like to use Fab's to move the necessary files from windows.old, as you would when switching drives.
This means I get to keep the Windows.old for a period of time until the customer can verify all of their needed files are still available.
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When choosing "Transfer Data" and "select windows directory" to choose C:/Windows.old/Windows, it only gives me the normal profiles found on C:/Users, not C:/Windows.old/Users.
Hi,
that would be a great new feature.
This will not be part of the very next update that is about to be released but I can start working in adding this Windows.old as source for transfers and make all necessary changes for that.
Fab
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I also been using the same technique (moving everything to an OLD folder) for the longest time. What I then do is move the OLD Documents files manually to the new installation location and then finally use Fab to backup the OLD settings and restore them to the new installation.
It would great to have Fab's Transfer feature have a "move" option so that the Transfer feature will "move" the files from the OLD location to the new installation. Moving files on the same drive is under 10 seconds no matter how much data (even 500+ GB).
PCS Solutions
There is already a "move" option. You can find it on the job summary page. It is a "Remove source files (saves disk space)" check box. This way, the file is first copied on its destination, then, if the copy process worked well, the source file is deleted.
This should do the trick for you.
Fab
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