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I agree. Ghost is the best. -- Mark > ---------- > From: Tom Kustner[SMTP:tom.kustner@emjay.com] > Sent: Monday, May 05, 1997 10:28 PM > To: Michael Cummings > Cc: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu > Subject: Re: Help: Best way to migrate a Win95 install to another > drive?? > > Go to http://www.ghostsoft.com. They have a product called GHOST, > which works excellent for us for cloning Win95 machines. We tried the > 30-day trial and it worked fabulous. Ghost can clone to the server > and back, or through two LPT ports. It also works for Win95, OS/2, > and Windows NT. It copied off our 110MB Win95 setup in 3.5 minutes on > our network and brings it back at the same speed. > > Tom Kustner > > Note: The company that makes it happens to be in Milwaukee, where I > am. But otherwise, there's no relationship. This is the best tool I > know of for cloning PCs with OS's that have long filenames. > > > > > On Sun, 4 May 1997 19:35:54 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: > > > > >Hi.... > > > >I have just received a new drive for my 701c and am trying to > mirgrate a > >win95 install to the new drive and have not had a lot of luck. > > > >I don't want to do a fresh install since the install on the old drive > > >works great. > > > >Things I've tried; > > > >1. did a microsoft backup of the old drive, stored it on another > machine, > > did a fresh install on a "d" partion to enable me to restore the > > backup on "c", deleted the install on "d". nada.... > > > >2. did above again but this time xcopied (using /s/e/f/h/r/k > switches) a > > prior xcopied (same switches) tree that I had stored on another > > system (via networking). > > > >3. some other slight varations on the above. > > > >What I hve access to to try to complete this; > > > >1. The old drive and it's file system. > >2. A microsoft backup of the old drive. > >3. A full copy of the complete drive stored on another system copied > using > > xcopy run under win95 dos box (xcopy32) with the above switches. > > > >Thanks for any input. > > > >Michael Cummings > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > Tom Kustner Emjay Corporation > System/LAN Administrator 725 W. Glendale Ave. > Email: tom.kustner@emjay.com Glendale, WI 53209-6509 USA > Any opinions are mine and not necessarily those of Emjay. >