-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Transfering to new PC (2) Questions...

Instead of buying an external zip drive, why not network the 2 machines 
together to transfer files?

Terry
 
> From: "Donna&Skip" <do1212sk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2005/10/28 Fri PM 01:30:08 ADT
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Transfering to new PC (2) Questions...
> 
> Okay, I've found out about transferring my DSL setup. But I still have the
> following questions...
> 
>  I'm soon going to buy a new PC with (what else?) WinXP installed. As my
> current older Win98-using PC has a Zip writer but no CD writer, I figure
> I'll have to dump my existing files onto a Zip disk, and then buy an
> external Zip drive (about $50) to plug into the new PC's USB hubs to reload
> my files onto the new PC...
> 
> Much of this seems pretty straightforward to me. Data files out, data files
> in. No problem... -Except for how do I transfer the tricky stuff, like my
> Outlook Express 5 email files, to WinXP?  Also what about my paid-for
> software, like Norton Anti-Virus, and certain macro generators, etc?  And my
> forum membership links? (Such as Yahoo, or PCTechTalk?) Would these transfer
> automatically by just transferring my desktop shortcut links to them, over
> to the new WinXP PC??
> 
> Any clues you can provide for this clueless one will be sincerely cherished
> and appreciated....  d];>]}
> 
> Merci,
> drummer
> 
> 
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