-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Transfering to new PC (2) Questions...
- From: DavisUnit <davist@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:20:38 -0300
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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