UPDATE:
The whole procedure worked flawlessly. After copying my Email folders
to a safe place, I upgraded to The Bat! 1.60C on my old Win98 system
-- no problem. Then I used the Tools-Backup menu option to save
everything it possibly could. On the new system, I installed The Bat!
1.60C, and sure enough, it asked if I wanted to restore from a backup
file. I clicked Yes and voila, everything is exactly as it was, only
on my new system and with an upgraded Bat.
My thanks to all who responded so quickly; especially to Dierk Haasis
and Allie C Martin, whose recommended procedure saved me so much
hassle.
I haven't installed ZoneAlarm yet -- if I do, and there's any
problems, I'll let everyone know.
(Now if only the new Bat implemented a bound cursor option in the
Email editor, my life would truly be complete...)
UPDATED UPDATE:
Oops. Just as I went to send this, I realized my personal address
book did not get imported with everything else. Should I simply
locate and copy the address book files from my previous Bat directory,
or is there a better way? Thanks again!
--
Reed Byers
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On Thursday, March 28, 2002, 4:33:55 PM, Allie C Martin wrote:
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On Thu, 28 Mar 2002 17:05:44 +0100, Dierk Haasis [DH] wrote these
comments:
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DH 1. I think TB!'s message base format was changed somewhere around
DH 1.46 to 1.49. It may be a good idea to first make that upgrade to
DH not loose any messages.
DH 2. Somewhere during the 1.5x series a good backup/restore was added
DH especially for such tasks as yours. So another point to make an
DH upgrade before changing machines.
I concur with these two points whole heartedly. I just migrated from
using a 400Mhz desktop running Win2k to a 1.3Ghz laptop running WinXP. I
had to do exactly what you wish to, though my running version of TB! was
more current.
I'd do the following:
a) Backup your current installation and then do an upgrade of your
current installation to the current one. Only if it's working well
should you proceed with the rest of the steps. Otherwise, restore your
old installation, and we can discuss how to transfer it to your new
system.
If you've successfully upgraded you can do the following:
a) Go to the Tools menu and select 'Backup'. Tick all the items there,
select 'Standard' backup and hit the 'browse' to indicate where you wish
the backup file to be placed and the name you wish to give it. Now run
the backup.
b) On the new machine, install TB! v1.60c. You may be asked if you wish
to restore a from a backup during this installation (new feature that I
haven't personally seen in action). If so, then give it the backup file
to work with and you're done.
If not, not to worry. Do what I had to do. :-) Just continue with the
installation, create an account as instructed (and which you'll delete
after restoring your installation). When you're finished with that part
go to the tools menu and select 'restore'. Add your backup file and tick
all the items at the bottom and go.
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Allie C Martin -- List Moderator
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