Comments on: File and Settings Transfer Wizard error

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:17:15 +0000

Nowhere in the MS info did it say that you had to point only to the root of the file. However, after doing so my transfer initiated immediately.

Thank you.

By: gol8kers

gol8kers — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:46:43 +0000

Thanks for the info…Now if you could direct me to a wall repair specialists to fix a small spot where I was banging my head!!!

By: gokonrende

gokonrende — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:48:36 +0000

Great information it really helped me.

Thanks.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:56:13 +0000

This article has saved my life. Files are transferred now! Thanks.

By: Hedge

Hedge — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:26:19 +0000

I had the same issue as Mike. I did a backup from an XP SP3 machine to a network disk. I then reformatted and installed XP from a vendor supplied XP SP2 disk. When I tried to restore, I got the "… does not contain stored information" error. After upgrading to SP3 it worked fine. I have to believe that this is a common situation – you want to restore your settings to a new machine or to the original machine after a reformat / reinstall. Readers need to know that they must be on the same exact version and patch of the OS for it to work. Shame on you, Microsoft – it either should not have been a problem or you should have made this issue clear!