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Yes I will keep checking in but there is a way to actually post on some page
that you are seeking a certain item. That's what I tried to do. I have over many
months goggled for this software and do get eBay hits but they are old and item
long gone. Google archives have the page but it's dead.
I will attempt to do this "migrate" manually as I don't think I have any other
choice. I know the usual places to look. Folders are obvious and there are
system.ini and win.ini and maybe some dll s that hopefully have a name that
rings a bell. Will search registry for program name.
I'm doing this for a friend who has a small business. All his sales records for
more than 5 years are embedded in this program. To make matters worse the Win95
machine has only a floppy drive and the new XP machine he already ordered has no
floppy. My laptop has no floppy. I may install a floppy drive in the XP machine
and use a "split" program for files bigger than 1.5MB. All his backups are in
Win95 backup format and I don't think that is compatible with XP. I thought
about putting in a wireless PCI card I have laying around in the Win95 machine
and an older Linksys wireless router to network the 95 computer to my laptop and
then burn CDs to move to the XP machine but don't know about Win95 networking. I
have a feeling that his Win95 machine is in out of box state as far as upgrades
are concerned. It has never seen the Internet.
If you have any ideas on a better way to MOVE the data I'm open to suggestions.
Jupiter Jones [MVP] wrote:
> Dan;
> Anyone can search without registering, no information at all is needed just
> to look:
> http://www.ebay.com/
> Simply enter what you are looking for in the "What are you looking for" box.
> Try variations if you do not find what you are searching for.
> You may have to look for a while if the item is nopt available now.
> If not available today, it may be available at a later date.
>
> Also keep trying Google:
>
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en
>
>
> "DanR" <dan@my-olddeja.com> wrote in message
> news:%2316n$dFfFHA.3904@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Well I tried eBay. I was not a member. I forget the eBay terms but if you
>> want
>> to post that you are 'looking" for an item you have to be a member. So I
>> joined.
>> I filled out the "looking for" form but then eBay said I would have to
>> have
>> either 5 points OR a credit card registered with them. So I filled out the
>> credit card form. But then it said I had to fill out forms to be a
>> "seller". So
>> I did that. Then they wanted my credit card info again. So I did that.
>> Then they
>> wanted me to give them my checking account data. So I did a live chat and
>> was
>> walked through the whole process again thinking that the chat guy knew
>> something
>> I didn't. But same thing. They want your credit card numbers AND your
>> checking
>> account numbers if all you want to do is post an item that you want to
>> buy. Way
>> too scary.
>> So I quit. At least I think I quit. I hope I quit.
>>
>> Jim Macklin wrote:
>>> eBay
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "norm" <donotreply@here.com> wrote in message
>>> news:42c12702.739202@news.freeserve.com...
>>>>
>>>>> DanR wrote:
>>>>>> Thanks for the link. Even though this page is still up they no longer
>>>>>> have the product. They emailed me that info. I have searched for
>>>>>> hours and hours looking for this product. Would pay $100 for it.
>>>>>> (need version 4)
>>>> snip
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