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From: "jeh" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Moving from Laptop to Desktop?
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 07:23:21 +0100
References: <4.1.20010501211454.00aac038@pop.mis.net>



As suggested by Lee , I use the Windows "Direct Cable Connection" to
transfer data from my desktop to laptop (and vice versa). You don't need to
purchase the Laplink program, the inbuilt windows DCC works fine, all you
need is the appropriate parallel cable (a "laplink cable" not a standard
parallel one). Another advantage is that the laptop will be a guest and the
desktop a server. This means you can access the resources of the desktop
from the laptop, so if you don't have a CD drive on the laptop you could
install from the TMG CD directly onto the laptop.


John Heckels
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Hoffman" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 2:25 AM
Subject: Re: [TMG] Moving from Laptop to Desktop?


> Pam Wood Waugh wrote:
> >I'm wondering, -- I haven't moved everything to TMG yet, but when I do,
> >what do I need to do to be able to work on my database on my deskstop,
and
> >then move it to a laptop -- say, when I go on vacation a month from now?
> >Can I do this? T
> >
> >The laptop doesn't have a CDW on it, so how can I transfer info, and what
> >files do I need to transfer?
>
> First, install TMGW on your laptop. Then when you want to move your data
> to the laptop, do a normal backup of your data. Then using whatever media
> that you have in common (floppy disks, Zip disks, CD drive, etc.), do a
> Restore of that backup file (*.SQZ). Another method is to directly
connect
> your desktop and laptop, and just move the *.SQZ file from the desktop to
> the laptop (the Laplink program and also Windows direct connect methods
are
> two of these methods).
>
> Then after you return from the trip, reverse the operation.
>
> Hope this helps -
>
> ----------
> Lee Hoffman/KY
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> A user of the best genealogy program, The Master Genealogist (TMG)
>
>

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