Andy, Several problems with your plan. Unlike the days of MSDOS where you just recreate the directory, copy all the files back, and away you go, Windows software is not that way. When you install Windows software, part of the process is the registration of certain shared .dll files, folder locations, and creation of various drivers and .INI files. This requires that you actually perform the installation from an installation CD. You cannot just copy files. After you do the installation, you can then copy in your user data files such as any report files you might have created, as long as you put them in the proper place.
Secondly, DXbase 98 is going on five years old and there have been hundreds of new/improved features added. Plus, DXbase 98 is not Y2K and will cause you some trouble both now and in the future because any dates that you enter will not be stored in a Y2K compliant manner. Various import utilities try to adjust automatically for this when upgrading, but time is running out for this process to be viable because at a certain point, software must make some assumptions about the data it reads and you may find that it is not possible to import your data to anything. Hope this helps, Courtney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew J O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "DXBase List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 4:54 PM Subject: [DXBase] DX Base restore from CD backup? I am about to put DXbase 98 back on my hard drive after a hard drive re-format. I have my original CD but I also have all the DxBase 98 files, including reports and logs, on a CD that I burned with as a backup. I copied the files from my CD to E drive, I did not use the backup commands. Will the back up files work or will I have to start out installing the original CD? Andy KB2EOQ --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html The reason this message is shown is because the post was in HTML or had an attachment. Attachments are not allowed. Please post in Plain-Text only.--- _______________________________________________ DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase
