OT: computer files transfer

[Ray Strode]

> 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.
Well, actually you should be able to boot off a linux
boot disk and just do a raw copy... 
cp /dev/hda1 /dev/hdb1
(or whatever)

As an alternative, why not just move the old drive
into the new computer?

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Ray Strode