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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thursday, March 28, 2002, 4:33:55 PM, Allie C Martin wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > On Thu, 28 Mar 2002 17:05:44 +0100, Dierk Haasis [DH] wrote these > comments: > ... 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. > - -- > Allie C Martin -- List Moderator > PGPKey - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ____________________________________________ > [MUA: TB! v1.60c (*) OS: Windows XP 5.1.2600] > __ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6-2 (MingW32) > iEYEARECAAYFAjyjtnMACgkQV8nrYCsHF+IyIgCgqu+73NI7UPrdkvNF3ORc2RQj > FCgAniOdd79FxXV0wQstyc9kv4nC5MVI > =vkxp > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > ________________________________________________________ > Current Ver: 1.60 / 1.60a > FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com > Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com > Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.60 / 1.60a FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
