Good news and bad news.

The good news is yes, you can copy them, but use the command:

xcopy32 x:\*.* c:\ /s /d /c /y

...where x is your CD-ROM drive, to avoid overwriting newer files and to
make sure the folder tree is preserved.

The bad news is that 99.99% of the programs will not run unless you
reinstall them. The reason is that installing a program writes data to the
registry and may create other initialization data, and that was not
preserved by the simple copy that you did.

Regards,

Charlie
(MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+, MCPx8, watch this space for more letters as they
become available!)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Williams" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 9:24 AM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Win XP concerns


Greetings,

I had a Micron computer running Win 98SE.  Before I gave it away I made
floppies of My Docs, my address book,  my Favorites folder, and a file of
pictures (JPEG).

I also made CD's as follows:
                                          (1)  Various programs
                                          (2)  A combination of data files
and programs
                                          (3)  All my Outlook Express email
folders
The CD's were made using Easy CD creator.

I am getting a Dell computer running Win XP (home).  Can I simply copy the
above CD's and floppies to the C drive of this new XP computer?  If so, are
there cautions I should observe or a method/procedure I should follow?  Any
advice will be greatly appreciated.  TIA.

Mike Williams

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