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| george 2006-11-30, 7:14 am |
| Hi All
With my recently resurgent interest in computing, I would like to attempt to
format the hard drive of my old PC and re-install everything, but before I
do, I would also like to back up everything and store it on my new PC or CDs
in case I can't get the old one to work properly, so that I can go back to
the old PC's current state. What software can do the job? This might be
slightly off the topic, but can I also scan the old PC for viruses remotely
by connecting my new PC to it and using the virus software on my new PC?
Cheers, George
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| Bob Willard 2006-11-30, 1:13 pm |
| george wrote:
> Hi All
> With my recently resurgent interest in computing, I would like to attempt to
> format the hard drive of my old PC and re-install everything, but before I
> do, I would also like to back up everything and store it on my new PC or CDs
> in case I can't get the old one to work properly, so that I can go back to
> the old PC's current state. What software can do the job? This might be
> slightly off the topic, but can I also scan the old PC for viruses remotely
> by connecting my new PC to it and using the virus software on my new PC?
> Cheers, George
>
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If you network OldPC to NewPC, then using NewPC to virus-scan OldPC is simple:
on OldPC, share the HD; on NewPC, use Explorer to create a net.mapped drive
to that shared HD and then fire up your AV app and point it to the mapped drive.
{I'm not sure that all AV apps support scanning mapped drives, but all three
that I have at hand do. And IIRC, the other two AV apps that I use also do.
Don't ask why I use five different AV apps - my tech-life is kinda messy.}
It is easy to copy all of your data files to a folder on NewPC once those PCs
are networked -- assuming that you know where all of your data files are on
OldPC. {I mostly keep my data on a separate Data partition. On many PCs, data
is scattered all over the place; many WinDuhs apps default to storing their
data in the folder with the app, or in some non-obvious location.}
Backing up everything requires a real backup app. And remember that what you
backup with one app probably cannot be restored by any other app; particularly
if you backup under Win9x and want to restore under any NT-based OS.
--
Cheers, Bob
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