OT: computer files transfer

Robert Green aloha_moon at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 28 07:51:52 PST 2001


Well, the old computer and the new computer are
different machines completely, and I presume that the
windows configuration for the older compaq laptop
won't run in the new machine she is getting.

--- Ray Strode <halfline at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> --
> Ray Strode
> 
> 
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