File Not Found Error.

Question

Hi,

I'm doing some migration from one site collection to another and can't seem to get past this error. Here is what I did:

- Created the a new site in destination site collection using SPD (used empty site template)

- Exported site to .cmp (using stsadm) for original source.

- Imported .cmp (using stsadm) to the destination.

- Not all the sites have publishing feature turned on so while testing i had a site that gave me the file not found error.

- I fixed this by turned on the publishing feature for that site and the default page came up. (default.aspx to root of site)

- I clicked on a link that links a pages directory pages/file.aspx and i get the error again "file not found"

 

The files are there. I just can't view them.

Anyone come across this before?

 

Thanks,

Kevin

 

Answer 1

Hi, Try to migrate site using import and export commands

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa979099(v=office.12).aspx

http://www.sharepointnutsandbolts.com/2007/10/stsadm-export-content-deployment.html

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Answer 2

if you copy files across different site collections ensure that masterpage which is used on site collection 1, also exists in the _catalogs/masterpage in site collection 2. This is often the reason of such error during migration.

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Answer 3

Found that to be the problem later after posting the question. Thanks.