OT: computer files transfer

[Griffith Feeney]

This situation can be a real headache (no original install diskettes).
PowerQuest's Drive Image 4.0 will copy and restore entire partitions, ext2
as well as dos-windows. It's about $70 if I recall, not cheap, but well
worth the time and trouble it can save in this situation. I've used it for
many years and never had a problem with it. Norton's Ghost may do the trick
as well (someone expressed preference for this over DI on this list in the
past), I've never used it, can't say.

At 11:59 AM 2/27/01 -0800, you wrote:
>This is off-topic, but you all are the best groups of
>tech-heads I have access to for help with these types
>of problems, so bear with me  =-)
>
>
>I have a friend who wants to get a new notebook
>computer, and she needs to transfer her data to the
>new machine when it comes. The e-mail and other
>documetns are a simple copy, but she also has a
>Japanese windows install on a separate partition, as
>well as several programs that she may not have the
>original install diskettes for.
>
>Has anybody had any experience with trying to move
>apps over like this, or could you point me to a
>resource online?
>
>Much Mahalo,
>
>Rob