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Transfer from external drive?

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Category: ForensiT Support
Forum Name: Move Computer
Forum Description: User Profile Transfer Wizard questions, suggestions, comments and bug reports
URL: https://forum.ForensiT.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=58
Printed Date: 27 Mar 2026 at 12:28am
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 12.03 - http://www.webwizforums.com

Topic: Transfer from external drive?

Posted By: maxgruv
Subject: Transfer from external drive?
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2007 at 7:20pm

I have a hard drive that used to be in a now-defunct laptop and is now in a USB enclosure. I would like to transfer my profile off of that onto a new computer, but I can't see any options in Transwiz when running on a host computer to select a different drive. Is there a way to do this?

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Posted By: Support
Date Posted: 05 Sep 2007 at 10:26am

Hi,

There is currently no option for doing this. Transwiz is set up to look for profiles in the default profile directory (C:\Documents and Settings or C:\Users.)

What you can do, however, is simply copy the profile folder from your old drive into the profile directory on your new computer. You can then run http://www.forensit.com/Profwiz/index.htm - User Profile Wizard , select "Unassigned Profiles" and choose the profile folder you have copied, and then assign the profile to your user account.