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To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (14875)	1/14/2001 10:01:58 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

powerquest.com You will notice a number of people on this thread that recommend Power Quest products. The reason is they are the best products available. You can buy the packaged version, or the downloaded version. ________________________ But you want to move your old hard drive data onto your new computer. There is a way to do this, however I have never done that before with a primary hard drive. I have always used a second hard drive and installed that into the new computer. If you ask PMS Witch, she could tell you the steps for installing your old hard drive into your new computer. I think you have to disable the OS on the old hard drive. Anyway, I have never done that b4. I always use the 2 hard drive method. Safer spreading data onto 2 separate hard drives. If you use a second HD, store your back-ups and other data on there, then you can install that drive in any computer, as your secondary hard drive, and your data will be right there for you. There is always the cable connect, or network method, however that will be very slow compared to copying from one HD to another.

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (14875)	1/14/2001 10:24:33 PM
From: mr.mark	Respond to of 110652

hi JC "is there any SIMPLE way to transfer all the contents of my current hard drive to the new computer?" simple? depends on how you view things. i don't think, truthfully, that there is a simple way. and since you mentioned that you are flunking pc101, let's look at an overview of what i believe your alternatives are. perhaps others will add on to the list and/or help me improve upon its detail. these are the ways you can get files from one puter to another: 1. network the pc's together. 2. install the old hard drive into the new machine and transfer them from there. 3. copy the old hd to removable storage media (like zip or jaz disks) and transfer them to the new pc, provided the new pc has the zip or jaz drive to read the disks. 4. upload selected old hd files to a cyber drive (like x-drive), then download them to your new drive. there are several variations on the above choices. like with #2, you could flip flop it and put the new drive in the old machine, transfer your files, then place the new drive back in the new machine. the advice cheeky provided about powerquest software would involve doing either #2 or #3 above. but basically, these are the choices you are working with. again, if others can elaborate or add to this list, please do. i suggest that you look these choices over and pick what you think you feel most comfortable with, then go from there. i have two pc's, not networked yet, and i have an external jaz drive that i can move from one to the other if i have substantial-sized files to transfer. that works for me. floppies also work for light duty stuff (less than 1.44mb). hope this helps, and feel free to ask away if you have more questions. :) mark

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (14875)	1/15/2001 10:26:50 AM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110652

Simple data transfer. One easy way would be to take advantage of those web based disk space sites. Upload from your old computer, download to the new. Compression software could save you time and effort no matter how you proceed. Cheers, PW. P.S. I've not used a web disk.

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (14875)	1/15/2001 10:58:42 AM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

File transfer ... Quite a while ago, I needed to transfer large quantities of data from one machine to another. I purchased a product called Lap Link which consisted of a special cable and software. It was reasonably priced and unbelievably simple to use. I had users who were profound idiots use this package without difficulty. I don't know if this is still available, but if it is, I couldn't imagine anything being easier. laplink.com Cheers, PW. P.S. I used DOS LapLink. Windows LapLink may differ. P.P.S. When I said my user community consisted of idiots, I wasn't kidding. I had people put floppy disks between the drives instead of into them. I had people complain of system difficulties when the electricity was interrupted. (This was a Doctor!) I had people unplug their printers and complain of difficulty making a hard copy. I had people demand a new monitor when they had turned the brightness knob all the way to dark. I've had users pry open floppy envelopes, remove the disk, and put it into the drive. I've had two users angry when their keyboards got exchanged.

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (14875)	1/15/2001 11:03:09 AM
From: bosquedog	Respond to of 110652

EDITED: Just noticed Cheeky Kid already made this suggestion so I am being redundant.<G> Cheeky, clearly I liked your idea.<G> is there any SIMPLE way to transfer all the contents of my current hard drive to the new computer? Install the old drive as a slave drive and leave it in the new computer. This would also enable you to continue to store your napster music files on the old drive. Clearly, this method...while very simple....will bring up a follow up question...is that a practical answer and what to do with the old computer? My simple answer may or may not be very practical depending upon the answer to what do you want to do with the old computer.<G>