[access-uk] Re: Transferring to a New PC
- From: "Vince Thacker" <vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:26:43 +0100
Hi there,
There's a big difference between copying documents - you just copy them -
and copying software, where you don't know where all the files are, and you
don't know what hoops it jumps through to install.
So, firstly documents. If both machines have USB ports, you could use
Microsoft activeSync to update the My Documents folder on the new machine
from the old one.
Or, and this is what I had to do with my last machine - copy the documents
on to floppies and transfer them like that. It takes forever and a day, but
it's still a relief not to have to start from scratch.
Documents can be compressed into ZIP files with Winzip or WinRAR or similar.
If you don't know about that, I can give you more details. I had about 10
folders within My Docs, and each one became a ZIP file, or several ZiP
files that I could transfer on to floppies. It is ever so long-winded doing
this, but needs must.
JAWS I know nothing about. I'm sure your best plan is to install it from
original discs on to the new machine, or maybe they'll let you download it
if you're a legitimate user. You might have to sweet-talk Freedom Scientific
or your dealer.
Things like extra scripts you could copy like documents, I presume, as
they're only text files as far as I know.
You're really best to make fresh installations of software from your
original discs or from downloads. The reason is that most modern software is
pretty complex. You'll find a folder in Program Fils with some of the stuff
in, and there will be other parts in Windows folders, such as
\Windows\System32 - and then there's the dreaded reigstry settings, which
you'd have to be a real techie to know about. Then there are other bits in
Common Files, and you'd need to know which ocx files and dlls to transfer, ,
, blah blah, blah. It's just not possible in one short lifetime.
Well, I don't know whether that's any use at all, but there are some initial
thoughts on the matter. Don't despair, it will be worth it!
Vince.
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From: "Howie, Sam" <Sam.Howie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:43 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Transferring to a New PC
Hi All
Apologies for the cross posting the more help I can get the better. I am
getting a new PC at the weekend and I am looking for a an idiots guide on
how I can transfer material from my old PC to the new one. The type of
things I want to transfer are my Jaws install, Office documents and a few
other bits of software which I assume I just uninstall from the old and
reinstall on the new PC.
All help and advice is much appreciated
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