Re: Restoring msbackup files

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From: Bob Harris (rharris270_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/23/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 13:25:43 -0500

Get an old PC (pentium I class or lower), install win3.1 or DOS, and try to
extract the data. Then, write the data to floppy, ZIP, or whatever, in some
more stable (i.e., non-Microsoft) format. If you need it, there are sveral
free file spliting/joing programs on the web. But, if each file < 1.44 Meg,
just use as many floppies as is require to do the move.

Or, try to link the old PC to a newer one via the parallel or serial ports.
There is moderately priced software that will do this for you, and it
usually comes with the special cross-over cable that you will need.

Or, get the data onto the hard drive of the old PC, then moev that hard
drive to a new PC, being careful to re-set the jumpers to "slave".

Good luck.
"txsurveyor" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2d2701c42893$274874e0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> I have some file on 3.5" floppy disks that I am trying to
> restore. Is it possible to do this using Win XP? I do not
> see anywhere where I can install MSbackup.

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