Article View: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Article #5687Re: Upgrading: Transferring old data to new computer
From: Carl Schelin
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 1990 18:50
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 1990 18:50
19 lines
1259 bytes
1259 bytes
In article <5085@husc6.harvard.edu>, albert@endor.uucp (David Albert) says: > >I have an 8088-XT with a 30 Meg hard CARD (a Viking -- Western >Digital controller). I am buying a new '386 with a 40 Meg hard DISK >(and a Western Digital 2FD-2HD controller). > >How do I transfer the stuff on my hard card to the new hard disk? > >(a) and [b] deleted... > >(c) If none of the above, what would you recommend (short of 100 >floppies, since the old XT has only a 360K disk drive)? You don't need 100 floppies. I've had to do the same thing once in a while. I just take three floppies and run dos backup and restore and just swap disks. It seems to work fine (I haven't had any problems). Carl Schelin tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<1990Dec19.185046.19712@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!newsReferences:
<5085@husc6.harvard.edu>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!news From: tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu (Carl Schelin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Upgrading: Transferring old data to new computer Message-ID: <1990Dec19.185046.19712@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> Date: 19 Dec 90 18:50:46 GMT References: <5085@husc6.harvard.edu> Sender: news@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Johns Hopkins University - Applied Physics Lab Lines: 19