Windows 7 easy transfer from 64-bit to 32-bit

I didn't realize you couldn't transfer files from 64-bit to 32-bit and now I have wiped my drive and installed windows 7 32-bit (as my hard drive is only 2GB) and all my files from the 64-bit are stuck on my usb drive!!!  Is there a reader or something?  Can I do it manually?  If so, how?  Please can someone help!
Your question makes no sense.

The minimum partition size for Windows 7 is 16 GB for 32-bit versions and 20 GB for 64-bit versions.  And it's debatable whether you would have a decent experience using those minimum sizes.  I really doubt that you installed either version of Windows 7 on a 2 GB hard drive.

The fact that you are using a 32-bit operating system rather than a 64-bit operating system is not relevant to whether you can access "files" -- if by "files" you mean data such as documents, photos, music, etc.

What do you mean that your files are "stuck" on your USB drive?  You access data on an external drive exactly the same way you would access it if it was on your internal drive. 

Please try to reword your question.  If you have a specific problem in accessing files on an external drive (is it a USB flash drive or a hard drive in an external enclosure?), please describe the problem in detail, including the complete text of any error message, without paraphrasing.

EDIT
I found your earlier question and now understand at least part of this post (although not the 2 GB hard drive part).  Apparently, you used Windows Easy Transfer to save files from the 64-bit installation.  And I have seen Microsoft's warning that "Windows Easy Transfer can't transfer files from a 64-bit version of Windows to a 32-bit version of Windows."  Thus, now you have a *.mig file on the flash drive that Windows Easy Transfer on your new 32-bit Windows 7 installation refuses to recognize.

The USMT MigRecover 4 tool here may be able to help --> http://www.wintools.com.au/usmtmigrecover.php

Note:  if you search for MIG Recovery, you will find many sites that recommend a "Mig Recovery and Viewer Utility" (e.g., this site and this site).  The download link for that utility (www DOT migee DOTcom/2011/01/17/mig-recover-and-viewer-utility-alpha/) is blocked by my antivirus as having potentially dangerous content.  I suggest that you not go there.
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Thank you for your reply, as you can tell, I am not a computer wiz, but I will try the tool you have mentioned...  The 2 GB was not hard drive, but memory.  Sorry...

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I have now downloaded the MigRecover 4 tool and installed it, but I do not understand what to do with the c:\Program Files\USMT4> prompt which appears...

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