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Al and all,
he is attempting to move programs to another computer. For your situation
Drive Copy or Drive Image from Powerquest is acceptable and will work fine.
When switching computers its not than simple. A simple xcopy as the
previous poster suggested is frought with limitations and won't necessarily
work. There is no guaranteed way to do what he wants to do...
Sean
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Al Taglavore
> Sent: Friday, October 09, 1998 1:47 PM
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Off topic: new computer
>
>
> Lionel, I made an upgrade two weeks ago to a faster processor and added
> another hard drive. To change from same drive letter designation was no
> problem. To change from "C" to "D" is/was a major problem. As was
> explained to me, all has to do with the registry. Did solve my problem,
> however. Reformatted my D drive and reloaded my programs. The
> cure wasn't
> pleasant but necessary.
>
> Good Luck!
> Al Taglavore
>
> ----------
> > From: Lionel Issen <lissen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Off topic: new computer
> > Date: Friday, October 09, 1998 9:59 AM
> >
> > I am moving to a faster computer. Both computers use Win98. The hard
> drive
> > configuration is different on the computers.
> >
> > What is the easiest or best way to transfer programs from the old to the
> new
> > computer?
> >
> > Some programs were downloaded from the web, so I have no disks or CDs;
> other
> > programs have been modified (patches, additional functionality etc) so
> that
> > the original CD no longer fully represents the what I have on my
> computer
> >
> > I have set up a direct cable connection, this works for data, but not so
> > well with programs. I have used CleanSweep to transfer a few programs,
> but
> > the process is slow and doesn't always work if there are
> several programs
> in
> > the folder.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Lionel Issen
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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