windows Easy transfer using BELKIN cable 1

[theuser2]

I have a new computer with vista OS and an old computer running XP. I have the BELKINS cable & easy transfer disk.
after installing the Belkin supplied software and downloading and installing the companion from MS, I started windows easy transfer on both machines; instructions indicate windows will automatically detect the connections and the wizard will tell me what to do next.

The wizard is on strike; windows automatically detects nothing and I’m stuck.

I may have connected the cables before installing the transfer software, but have replicated the process several times with the cable disconnected without success.

Any thought on what to do next?
thanks

 

[linney]

By Companion do you mean something like the "Easy Transfer Companion" program which if so, (I may be wrong) isn't that still in Beta? Not to be confused with the main "Easy Transfer" program released with Vista.

Have you installed the Belkin software on both XP and Vista machines? If I remember one has to be the Host, and one the Client machine.

Do the machines recognize that the Belkin Cable is connected. Are the Bios set up as USB Enabled? Are there firewall and other security software interfering?

 

[theuser2]

Belkin software is installed on both XP and Vista machines.
Both machines use USB connections for other devices so I assume Bios are USB enabled, how do I check?

yes Easy Transfer Companion is a bata version, but this is not the problem, I can't get "easy transfer" to recognize the other computer reguardless of host or client initiated.

How do i check if security pgms are the problem?

 

[linney]

Windows Easy Transfer

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/features/details/easytransfer.mspx

The Belkin site mentions this driver as being an update, I don't know if it is relevant or not, it also mentions that XP must be SP2. Apparently there is no need to install the Belkin program in Vista.

http://www.belkin.com/support/article/?lid=en&pid=F5U258&aid=6100&scid=1

http://groups.google.com/groups?q="...TF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&um=1&sa=N&tab=wg

Have a look in the Event Viewer and see if that can tell you anything. If other USB are working then things must be OK in the Bios, you could try using different USB ports. Any clues or errors in the Device Manager?

I'm not sure whether a firewall would be capable of interfering with a Direct Cable transfer, maybe it is more like an External Drive setup than a Network setup, sorry for the vagueness but I haven't really used the product.

 

[theuser2]

thanks, going on vacation for two weeks, will try it when I get back.