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Windows Easy Transfer program failed due to lack of disk space on new computer

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Referee06
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I recently bought a new computer which has Vista Home Premium as the operating system which is the same operating system that I have on my older computer. (The only difference in computers is the new system is 64 bit and the older system is 32 bit.) Yesterday, for I tried three times to transfer files from my older computer to my new computer using the Windows Easy Transfer program using the Belkin easy transfer cable. Each time the transfer program stopped with an error message indicating that there was not enough disk space on the new computer to continue. Each time the transfer stopped, the transfer program was in the middle of transferring a program called D:\preload/base.wim to the D drive. I read in this forum that this program is used by windows to reboot the system from the D drive when the C drive is not available. After reading this article I understand that this file should not be deleted. However, I would still like to transfer files from my older computer to my new computer using the Windows Easy Transfer program. If I delete this file, will the transfer program transfer the file from my older computer to my new computer? Also, if I cannot delete the file does anybody know what I can do to transfer the files from my older computer to my new or computer using the Windows Easy Transfer program? I don't want to start from scratch with my new computer or try to transfer the files using a thumb drive. Thanks in advance for any and all help with this.

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Santo
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If you have a branded computer then it has its recovery files stored in the D drive and it is not recommended or it is not necessary to transfer any files from this drive to your new computer.

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