System Migration Assistant select a profile

I am using the ThinkVantage System Migration Assistant 6.0 to migrate my data from my old lenovo laptop to a new lenovo laptop. On the Current Laptop (Laptop being used) I am able to select what profile I want to transfer. However on the Target Laptop (New Laptop) I am not able to select what profile to transfer the data to. Is there anyway to select what profile I can transfer the data to on the new laptop?

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You may also refer below link which will guide you through the deployment
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/product-and-parts/detail.page?LegacyDocID=MIGR-73571
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail.page?LegacyDocID=MIGR-50889
Hope This Helps
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I have used migration assistant but new profile is created, how do i merge into one

I have recently purchased Mac book and have used migration assistant to transfer files from my old windows PC.
Due to some issues when using migration tool i had to transfer in segments, each time i did this a new user was created.
I have asked for some help and was advised that users cannot be merged however the files can be shared via dropbox.
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Hi,
I have upgraded to snow leopard and want to use migration assistant to transfer some of the files and apps of my old installation. As far as i can see, there is not much room to maneuver around which applications and files will be transfered. Is there a way to manually which applications and files will be transfered?
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deltagr wrote:
Hi,
I have upgraded to snow leopard and want to use migration assistant to transfer some of the files and apps of my old installation. As far as i can see, there is not much room to maneuver around which applications and files will be transfered. Is there a way to manually which applications and files will be transfered?
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One more question, if I select machine under the settings subcategory, what will be transfered?
machine? where do you see that?
found it. I'm not sure exactly what that is. the total size is very small so this is most likely some general computer settings like the computer name.
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Migration Assistant Mav.: not showing ML Time Machine backup

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Migration Assistant Crashes when importing from ext HD using Time Machine

Hi there,
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saleemmartin wrote:
Hi Pondini,
Thank you for your reply, your help is much appreciated.
The original problem was: On one user account the user root directory was not writable (i.e. the user couldn't save any work to their documents), so I tried to reset the permissions in the "get info" menu, but after that the OS X directory didn't start. I did successfully repair all permissions using Disk Utility (running from the external harddrive OSX i mentioned in my last post).
Do you think Disk Utility didn't repair all the permissions? In this case, the permissions on the Time Machine backup might still be corrupted.
That doesn't affect user permissions, only permissions on files installed by OSX or Apple apps. And you can't repair permissions on your backups, since that's not a "bootable" volume.
It seems that my Migration Assistant crashes routinely after 40 seconds (or so) no matter which options you select (if any). Even if I leave the app searching for user accounts on the Time Machine it crashes.
If I'm quick i'll be able to deselect all users except admin, or if I'm slow I won't get so far. No matter what, it still crashes.
Oh, it hadn't sunk in that it was crashing before you make selections. Now that I re-read your first post, I see you did say that, sorry.
The app never allows me to view installed applications.
No, it won't. You can only select or omit them.
I don't know whether you have a problem with your Mac or the backups.
You mentioned earlier that you'd done a +*Repair Disk+* on the TM drive, so if there's a problem with them, it's something DU can't fix.
Have you done a +*Verify Disk+* on your internal HD? If not, make sure it's ok.
If so, something may be amiss with the +Migration Assistant+ app. I'd suggest downloading and installing the "combo" update. That's the cleverly-named combination of all the updates to Leopard since it was first released, so installing it should fix anything that's gone wrong since then, such as with one of the normal "point" updates. Info and download available at: http://support.apple.com/downloads/MacOS_X_10_5_8_ComboUpdate Be sure to do a +Repair Permissions+ via Disk Utility (in your Applications/Utilities folder) afterwards.

Migration Assistant refuses to assist me

Hi,
I am running 10.9.4 on a mid-2009 Macbook Pro attached directly to a 1TB Time Capsule running it's latest firmware version (7.6.4). I did a clean install on the laptop. and attempted to do a time machine restore from another backup I have, but that drive failed. So, I have gone to my trusty time capsule to restore from there. I lauched Migration Assistant, selected my time capsule, entered my password, and ... ... nothing.
My migration assistant sits there, still spinning on "looking for other soucres", no matter how many times I click Continue. I have restarted my laptop as well.
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Please restart the Time Capsule and try again. If there's no change, see below.
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Any other invisible folders or files at the top level of the home folder that you want to preserve will have to be restored separately. For most users, that isn't necessary.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14081
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Is there an easy way to still use system migration without firewire? i was thinking share the whole drive on the G4 mount it on the desktop of my new system and run system migration and select the mounted drive. would this work?
anyone with info would rock and i will thank you forever.. ok maybe just thank you but i will totally appreciate it!
cheers,
jess

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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=435350&tstart=0
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4889
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http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6185507
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