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In article <D3MMLK.4Dt@planet.mh.dpi.qld.gov.au> staplei@planet.mh.dpi.qld.gov.au (Ian B Staples) writes:
>Friend is upgrading his old Epson 386 running MSDOS to a new Osborne
>Pentium machine running PCDOS 6.3.  He is a bit worried about transferring
>everything from the old to the new.  How easily can it be done?
>He has a backup set created with MSDOS 3.3 backup.  Is it possible to
>read this format with some sort of "restore" under PCDOS 6.3?  (I guess
>he will get some sort of manual with the new gear, but he is anticipating
>problems :)

Dont know about PCDOS, but MSDOS includes a RESTORE with the package that will 
restore 3.3 to 5.0 backups. I would expect IBM would too.

>I suggested he simply boot from a 3.3 floppy and use that RESTORE -- but
>this assumes the FAT etc. *is* the same under PCDOS 6.3  Is it?

You're probably ok unless you have disk compression on your hard drive.

>No doubt there are other options, such as using a serial port transfer,
>but that might take a while.

Often faster, but if you have a floppy backup already you may as well use that.

>Suggestions and cautions welcome.
>Thank you all for your interest,
>Ian S.