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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