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From: maverik <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Moving from Laptop to Desktop?
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 09:18:04 -0700
References: <4.1.20010501211454.00aac038@pop.mis.net>
In-Reply-To: <00cc01c0d2d0$b85ff1e0$eb25893e@dell>


Is the lap link cable the same as a null modem cable? I missed seeing how
this is done. I would be interested in how to set Windows up to do this.
Which version of Windows?

Patricia

At 07:23 AM 5/2/01 +0100, you wrote:

>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
>____________________________________________________________________________
>__________________
>John Heckels
>
>www.magpie60.freeserve.co.uk
>
>----- 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
> > E-mail:
> > TMG Tips: <http://www.tmgtips.com>;
> > My website: <http://www.tmgtips.com/lhoffman>;
> > --------------
> > A user of the best genealogy program, The Master Genealogist (TMG)
> >
> >

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