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Posted by Barry Watzman on August 5, 2008, 12:17 am
Please log in for more thread options He's running DOS, not Windows. Most of the rules that you take for
granted -- things you can and can't do, and how you do them -- don't apply.
Jerry wrote:
>> Some of you may remember me as the old guy who was seeking a
>> replacement for a couple of dead Toshiba Satellite 1910CS laptops.
>>
>> Well, a week or two ago I received a Toshiba Satellite 2545 XCDT via
>> FreeCycle Seattle and have now got DOS 6.21 running on it. (It takes
>> me a long time to get things done because I've been slowed down in my
>> senior years by multiple chronic health problems that require lots of
>> bedrest and naps).
>>
>> So, now, I'm ready to tackle the problem of how to get all my software
>> onto the new machine.
>>
>> I was pretty consistent in making back-ups of all the configuration
>> files for my old software, and I still have all the software and
>> config files on floppies. But I'm not looking forward to the tedious
>> task of having to reinstall each of my programs one by one.
>>
>> I'm wondering if there's a way I could copy the entire C: drive
>> directory tree from my old hard drive onto the new machine.
>>
>> I figure that would mean pulling the HD from the old machine and then
>> somehow hooking it up to the new machine as a second drive.
>>
>> One idea I came up with would be to try to find another old Toshiba,
>> swap out it's HD for my old HD and then network the two computers
>> together. Would that work? How compatible are the HDs from different
>> generations of Toshiba laptops. (I do have another Toshiba laptop
>> that I also got from FreeCycleSeattle, but it is so contaminated by
>> cigarette smoke that I can't have it in the house However, for a one-
>> time data transfer, I could hook both computers up out on the sun
>> deck).
>>
>> Or, is it possible that there exists a stand alone case that I could
>> install the old HD into and then network it to my "new" Toshiba?
>>
>> Will in Seattle
>> a.k.a. "Clueless"
>
> The hard drives from the old to new Toshiba's is not the problem, they will
> work just fine, the problem is the OS that's on that hard drive. You can't
> just move a hard drive from one laptop to another and expect it to boot
> unless they are identical laptops.
> There are many stand alone cases that you could install your old hard drive
> into. Most have a usb interface so there's no need to network. Just do a
> google search.
>
>
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