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From: v087mxgb@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu (Shawn E Thompson)
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Subject: Re: Upgrading:  Transferring old data to new computer
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Date: 16 Dec 90 18:18:25 GMT
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In article <5085@husc6.harvard.edu>, albert@endor.uucp (David Albert) writes...
>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?

should work very simply just by plugging the hard card into
new system.

Any good telecomm package (PCPLUS) will transfer at high 
rates over null modem. Prob' is the limits of XT - I tried
with a PC and couldn't get STABLE data transmission over
19200 (kept getting CRC errors). At 30 Mb, that would 
take at least overnight!

I like to use an external tape backup (if you *HAVE* one,
that is :-) ). But you *MUST* backup by files NOT by image!


Shawn E. Thompson "..my sig file was so long, I'm not even allowed a quote..."
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PS (wanna sell your 30Mb hardcard *CHEAP* to a poor grad student?)