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From: albert@endor.uucp (David Albert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Upgrading:  Transferring old data to new computer
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Date: 16 Dec 90 05:50:22 GMT
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Reply-To: albert@endor.UUCP (David Albert)
Organization: Aiken Computation Lab, Harvard University
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I have an 8088-XT with a 30 Meg hard CARD (a Viking -- Western
Digital controller).  I am buying a new '386 with a 40 Meg hard DISK
(and a Western Digital 2FD-2HD controller).

How do I transfer the stuff on my hard card to the new hard disk?

(a) Can I just plug the card into the new '386?  Will that work?  Or
can I get it to work with some fiddling?

(b) If not, is there a program I can use along with a null-modem cable
to quickly transfer the entire contents (almost 30Meg) from old to
new computer?

(c) If none of the above, what would you recommend (short of 100
floppies, since the old XT has only a 360K disk drive)?

Thanks.
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