Microsoft KB Archive/945387

= How to copy Groove 2007 data to a new computer when a network connection is very slow or when a network connection does not exist =

Article ID: 945387

Article Last Modified on 12/28/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Groove 2007

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INTRODUCTION
This article describes how to migrate Microsoft Office Groove 2007 data to a new computer by copying the data directly from the old computer.

As a best practice, you should use the &quot;Get Workspace&quot; task in the Groove 2007 Launchbar when you migrate Groove 2007 data to a new computer. However, you can copy the data to the new computer if you will no longer run Groove 2007 on the old computer.

Important The method of migrating Groove 2007 data that is described in this article is not supported. You should only use this method if one of the following conditions is true:
 * The old computer and the new computer cannot be online at the same time.
 * The network connection between the old computer and the new computer is very slow.

Notes
 * When you use the method that is described in this article to migrate Groove 2007 data, you must delete the Groove data on the old computer before you start Groove again. Other instances of Groove on the network will be unable to distinguish between the instance of Groove 2007 on the old computer and the instance of Groove 2007 on the new computer. When you run Groove 2007 on both computers, data will be sent to either the old computer or to the new computer. Data will not be sent to both computers.
 * Do not use this method to migrate data on a computer if you upgrade the computer to Groove 2007 from Groove 1.3 or from an earlier version.



MORE INFORMATION
To migrate Groove 2007 to another computer, follow these steps:  Copy the data from the old computer. To copy the data from the old computer, follow these steps:  Exit Groove 2007 on the old computer. To exit Groove 2007, right-click the Groove icon in the taskbar, click Exit, and then click Yes. Locate the Groove data folder. By default, the Groove data folder is located in one of the following folders:  Windows Vista

\Users\ \AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office

 Windows XP

\Documents and Settings\ \Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\OFFICE

 Windows Server 2003

\Documents and Settings\ \Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Office



Note In these folder paths,  is the user name that you used to log on to the computer.

Right-click the Groove folder, and then click Copy.</li> Paste the Groove folder onto a removable media device, such as a USB flash drive or a CD-ROM.

Right-click the folder that you located in step b, click Rename, type Groove.old, and then press ENTER.

Note Do not restart Groove 2007.</li></ol> </li> On the new computer, follow these steps: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> Install Groove 2007.

Note Do not create a Groove account.</li> Exit Groove 2007. To exit Groove 2007, right-click the Groove icon in the taskbar, click Exit, and then click Yes.</li> Locate the Groove folder on the removable media device. Right-click the Groove folder, and then click Copy.</li> Paste the Groove data folder into one of the following folders on the hard disk:  Windows Vista

\Users\ \AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office

</li> Windows XP

\Documents and Settings\ \Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\OFFICE

</li> Windows Server 2003

\Documents and Settings\ \Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Office

</li></ul>

Note In these folder paths,  is the user name that you used to log on to the computer.</li> Start Groove 2007, and then log on to Groove by using the Groove authentication information from the old computer.</li> Verify that all the Groove data from the old computer exists on the new computer.

Important Do not continue to step 3 until you verify that all the Groove data exists and is usable on the new computer.</li></ol> </li> Delete the Groove data from the old computer. To delete the Groove data from the old computer, follow these steps: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> On the old computer, use Grooveclean.exe to delete the Groove data from the old computer. For more information about how to use Grooveclean.exe, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

907854 How to use GrooveClean.exe to delete Groove data

</li> On the old computer, uninstall Groove 2007.</li></ol> </li></ol>

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