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  3. January 2004

Re: Backup data from a laptop

Peter Vidal wrote:
> I need to help a friend who has a laptop at his church to project
> images with MS PowerPoint only.  It has Win/98 with a lot of unneeded
> stuff in there.  It is giving a lot of trouble at this time.  I told
> him about initialize the HD and replace the OS.  The only trouble we
> have is that it only has a CD reader and a floppy drive 3.5.  How can
> I do a backup of all his user data without be involved in any extra
> cost?

Is there a PC around that has enough memory to store everything?  If so,
either get a cheap hub and transfer the data at network speeds -or- buy a
special USB cable meant for data transfer.

If you absolutely want a no cost solution, then find a freeware zip program
that will allow a zip file to span multiple disks.

Bill

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