Hello,

I have upgraded my windows 2000 to Win XP Pro as a new installation. As it said during the installation that the data is kept and there is an option in the System Programs to transfer the desktop and user settings across, I didnt worry about this. But afterwards I found out that this tool is only useful when transfering the files over to another PC, but not to the same PC as I have done!

But now Windows XP has loaded fresh and my desktop, programs and emails are all gone. I can find the desktop still in the C:\Documents and Settings\... folder and the emails and programs will also still be on the harddisk. Is there a way of knowing where the XP user account names are saved and transfer my Win2000 settings accross?

Or how else can I get my Email account, Programs and desktop back to the same STATE I had it in Windows 2000 before the installation? I thought Windows XP was capable of doing this automatically...... and that it is more user friendly and SECURES data better - at least thats what it said on the installation!

Did you try the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard ? ?Yes I think so..... this is probably what I already described above in the Accessories folder (System Programs)? I have the german version, so I dont know the exact translation.

But when I start that, it gives me the option of selecting either transfer to "Target PC" or "Source PC". But I am not wanting to transfer this information to a 2nd PC, only within my 1 PC.

Is this something different you are talking about that I can download as freeware?

URGENT - Any replies will be appreciated !!Travel Here

See the section on migrating to a fresh install of XP.....good news yes it can be done.
Thanks for your help. When I select the previous W2k setup upon startup, the following error message occurs:

Windows could not start, because the following file is missing or damaged:
\Windows\System32\Config\System

I tried the Recovery Consol (Wiederherstellungs-Konsol) and emergency repair. There was no error message and it seemed to have done it, but the same error message appears as above (no improvement).

So I only seem to be able to start in Windows XP mode. Once in windows, I see all the files i need though in the explorer directory.

Is there a way to deinstall Windows XP Pro, seeing as I had installed it on a second partition (D:)? The windows 2000 directory is still on C:, so maybe once uninstalling WinXP it would work with windows 2000 to be able to get the files ready for transfer?



Are the settings from 2000 compatible with xp?
i heard that the accounts are alot more customizable in 2000, where as in xp, all you get is ADMINISTRATIVE and limited status.Probably not, because after having no success on the repair tool I tried to reinstall windows 2000 fresh but saw that there was a third repair option - but once I did that and got a lot further, it crashed when LOOKING for device components (Bad_Pool_caller).

Anyhow, in the meantime I installed XP properly on another pc. But the "Files and Settings transfer Wizzard" isnt really good at all - it hardly moves anything over except for a few settings. What about all my programs???
Pathetic.... it seems like XP pro isnt able to be installed with all the previous W2k settings. All my programs will be lost and need to be reinstalled! I thought that because it is on the same NT file system, it shouldnt be a problem! (not like Win98 where I can understand that the FAT file system was different)

Only the emails and desktop can be more or less transfered.... what a bugger!Programs always need to be re-installed no matter what OS is involved...it's been this way since Win98.Thanks for having CONFIRMED that and for your time and efforts, patio..... cheers. Cya