Win7 to Vista Windows Easy Transfer

I have gone back to Vista after using Win 7. I used Windows Easy
Transfer (WET)and loaded up an external drive. I found that Vista SP2
seems to have a slightly different WET gui and have not been able to
xfer any data at all. I can get to the point of selecting path and
password but then cannot get a path that the Vista version of WET will
recongnize even though it shows up and can be selected the WET that is
on the external drive.
Went back to Vista to get ready for the release of the retail version
of 7 and did not want to mess with the RC and eventual clean install
next year.

Any help or ideas would be appreciated....

Frag


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defrag1720

 

defrag1720;1065501 Wrote:
> I have gone back to Vista after using Win 7. I used Windows Easy
> Transfer (WET)and loaded up an external drive. I found that Vista SP2
> seems to have a slightly different WET gui and have not been able to
> xfer any data at all. I can get to the point of selecting path and
> password but then cannot get a path that the Vista version of WET will
> recongnize even though it shows up and can be selected the WET that is
> on the external drive.
> Went back to Vista to get ready for the release of the retail version
> of 7 and did not want to mess with the RC and eventual clean install
> next year.
>
> Any help or ideas would be appreciated....
>
> Frag

Hi,

You can put the Vista easy transfer program on an XP machine via the
Vista dvd.

You can probably put the 7 Easy transfer program on a Vista
installation using the 7 dvd.

See step 2 in this link:

'How To: Transfer Your Data from XP to Vista - by Digital Trends'
(http://reviews.digitaltrends.com/guide/79/how-to-transfer-your-data-from-xp-to-vista)

I have never tried it, hope it helps.

SIW2


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SIW2

 

defrag1720 wrote:
> I have gone back to Vista after using Win 7. I used Windows Easy
> Transfer (WET)and loaded up an external drive. I found that Vista SP2
> seems to have a slightly different WET gui and have not been able to
> xfer any data at all. I can get to the point of selecting path and
> password but then cannot get a path that the Vista version of WET will
> recongnize even though it shows up and can be selected the WET that is
> on the external drive.
> Went back to Vista to get ready for the release of the retail version
> of 7 and did not want to mess with the RC and eventual clean install
> next year.
>
> Any help or ideas would be appreciated....
>
> Frag
>
>

This is why you dualboot to test out a new OS. I doubt you will be able
to use Windows Easy Transfer to go from Win7 to Vista. You'll just have
to do it manually.

 

"defrag1720" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
news:888a4a08e59b6429f9433dd4f01383b8@nntp-gateway.com...
>
> I have gone back to Vista after using Win 7. I used Windows Easy
> Transfer (WET)and loaded up an external drive. I found that Vista SP2
> seems to have a slightly different WET gui and have not been able to
> xfer any data at all. I can get to the point of selecting path and
> password but then cannot get a path that the Vista version of WET will
> recongnize even though it shows up and can be selected the WET that is
> on the external drive.
> Went back to Vista to get ready for the release of the retail version
> of 7 and did not want to mess with the RC and eventual clean install
> next year.
>
> Any help or ideas would be appreciated....
>
> Frag
>
>
> --
> defrag1720

Is it possible Microsoft overlooked or decide to not to support a means to
go back?

 

Warnings on the Windows 7 beta and RC pages told you that there was no way
to go back to Vista from Windows 7. You were told that you would have to
perform a clean install of Vista if you decided to go back. It was also
mentioned that you not install Windows 7 on a computer that was used as your
main computer. If you did not heed those warnings, and take the normal
precautions that all knowledgeable beta testers use - you are out of luck.

You may have lost all of your personal files if you didn't back up your
precious documents, photos and music.

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"defrag1720" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
news:888a4a08e59b6429f9433dd4f01383b8@nntp-gateway.com...
>
> I have gone back to Vista after using Win 7. I used Windows Easy
> Transfer (WET)and loaded up an external drive. I found that Vista SP2
> seems to have a slightly different WET gui and have not been able to
> xfer any data at all. I can get to the point of selecting path and
> password but then cannot get a path that the Vista version of WET will
> recongnize even though it shows up and can be selected the WET that is
> on the external drive.
> Went back to Vista to get ready for the release of the retail version
> of 7 and did not want to mess with the RC and eventual clean install
> next year.
>
> Any help or ideas would be appreciated....
>
> Frag
>
>
> --
> defrag1720

 

Tae Song wrote:
>
>
>
> Is it possible Microsoft overlooked or decide to not to support a means
> to go back?


I don't if Microsoft "overlooked" it or deliberately chose to ignore
the possibility of some wanting to downgrade their OS (Or of large
organizations having a mix of operating systems and sometimes needing to
move people around, sometimes to an older system). But as it's also not
possible to use Windows Easy Transfer to move one's user profile from
Vista to WinXP, I'm not at all surprised to learn that one also cannot
go from Win7 to Vista.


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SIW2 wrote:
>
>
> You can put the Vista easy transfer program on an XP machine via the
> Vista dvd.
>
> You can probably put the 7 Easy transfer program on a Vista
> installation using the 7 dvd.
>


Sadly, that only works to help transfer the data off the WinXP machine
and onto a Vista machine. It doesn't work to transfer from Vista to
WuinXP. It's a one way mechanism, from older to newer OS.





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Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot