From:	"Campbell, Rolf [SKY:1U32:EXCH]" <moscoop AT americasm01 DOT nt DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Short file names
Date:	Fri, 25 Feb 2000 11:58:08 -0500
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Mariano Alvarez Fernández wrote:

> I want that, to make a simple migrate utility. Last week a friend bought
> a new hard disk and he wanted to migrate all his files to the new drive.
> I did that:
>
> 1- Installed the new drive like slave.
> 2- Partitioned and fomated it.
> 3- xcopy all the files (using w95)
> 4- put the new drive like master
> 5- boot with floppy and do fdisk /mbr

You could just type "sys SLAVE_DRIVE_LETTER:" after step #3 and avoid the
use of a floppy altogether.

> 6- It work!

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(\/) Rolf Campbell (\/)

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