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From: tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu (Carl Schelin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Upgrading:  Transferring old data to new computer
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Date: 19 Dec 90 18:50:46 GMT
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In article <5085@husc6.harvard.edu>, albert@endor.uucp (David Albert) says:
>
>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) and [b] deleted...
>
>(c) If none of the above, what would you recommend (short of 100
>floppies, since the old XT has only a 360K disk drive)?

You don't need 100 floppies. I've had to do the same thing once in a while.
I just take three floppies and run dos backup and restore and just swap disks.
It seems to work fine (I haven't had any problems).

Carl Schelin
tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu