FAT32, NFS and Knoppix2

[Greg Neumann]

If she paid $1000 per program, it's probably a safe bet it won't run 
under Linux, hmmm?
Because XP is M$'s first attempt at real multiuser on a computer for the 
home market, the directory sturcture has changed. All the previou posts 
give you a good idea where to start looking:
c:\documents and settings\$USERNAME\My Doucments
I hope the files she wants are save files. Config files and ini files 
probably won't transfer very well, they never did for me, anyway. And 
don't use any micorsoft wizards to update or upgrade or move the 
contents of the drive to XP. I can't remember it now, but I tried it 
back awhile ago w/ an old hd, and I got no executables and no config 
files. Mostly empty folders w/ names as I had them under Win98. The 
logic appears to avoid tech-support calls by not moving anything that 
could be an executable to XP, therefore, no problems w/ trying to run 
it. A good bet would be to carefully record the preference/option/custom 
settings for all programs on paper (screen print?) and reinstall fresh 
when XP is installed. Also, while it's not a good idea to read/write 
NTFS partitions under Linux, XP suffers some noticable performance hits 
running from FAT32 drives. So, it's best to install XP to an NTFS drive.
Install XP to a new drive, NTFS, and then put the Win98 in as a slave. 
That way you don't lose anything on the original drive. But, again ... 
the tech support at Dell will take a very dim view to opening the case. 
Heck, they may take a dim view of major changes to the software setup!
FWIW,
Greg

Scott Lawton wrote:

> AAAARGH !!!!
> SMTP grief - This was supposedly sent last week, but I've no
> idea  to where.
> For some reason none of my mailers would transmit my SMTP
> password to my ISP.
>
> Anyhow, here it is again !
>
>
> On 06/24/04 7:47 PM, Cyber Source wrote:
>
>  > thanks for trying Scott
>  >
>  > Scott Lawton wrote:
>  >
>  >> I have a friend who will be getting a new computer soon.
> Her Win 98
>  >> box is going to hell - apparently big time MoBo problems.
>  >> The new machine will run Windows Xtreme Prejudice [XP]
> like all the
>  >> other computers in her home and graphic design business.
>  >> She wants a Dell; I told her about CyberSource, but she
> still wants a
>  >> Dell - go figure.
>  >>
>  >> She wants the files in My Docs and certain
> subdirectories of Prog
>  >> Files copied  to the HD of the new box, if possible .
>  >> The 98 HD is FAT32, but I think that XP uses NTFS, and
> NTFS doesn't
>  >> seem to interface well with much else [my impression].
>  >>
>  >> My question is this - Could I mount the old  drive in
> the machine as
>  >> slave, and boot with Knoppix to copy the aforementioned
> files to  an
>  >> XP partition on the master, then have them recognized on
> the next XP
>  >> boot ?
>  >>
>  >> Once the needed files are copied, then the slave will be
> able to be
>  >> reformatted to XP partitions.
>  >>
>  >
> Thanks for all the replies, everybody!
>
> I know a lot of tricks for the Win 9x's because I've been
> using them
> since the 486/dx66 days, but in my one real exposure to
> WinXP, I
> couldn't even *FIND* My Documents - it's not in C:/ anymore.
>
> Greg raised a valid point about the tech support/warranty
> issue, so I'm
> going to make the pitch again about "locally purchased, locally
> serviced" equipment.
> Last year I bought two USB memory keys from Dell, because
> the price was
> good, but when they wouldn't work as advertised on my
> machine and I
> called the tech line, because I don't have a Dell computer,
> I had to
> purchase a customer support plan for an additional $48 -
> what a racket !
> After 4 more calls and driver downloads, I still couldn't
> get them to be
> recognized, so I sold them.
>
> She really doesn't need a whole new computer, as I
> understand the
> situation. Her brother in SC says from the symptoms that the
> BIOS/EEPROM
> is failing.
> What I think she needs is a new motherboard, new faster
> processor chip,
> more RAM, and a new larger HD to house the OS. I figure she
> can probably
> get that and the file copying done in the bargain for about
> what the
> tower system  and shipping from Dell will cost, then I won't
> have to
> spend an evening doing her a favor trying to figure out
> WinXP for a 12
> pack of Irish Amber. ;-)
> Some of the software she runs costs about a thousand dollars
> a program,
> so I'm not anxious to make a mistake. This is different than
> wiping all
> the AOL crap and installing Netscape for her.
>