Re: [NTLK] Card-to-card copy

From: John Skinner (john_at_johnskinner.net)
Date: Thu Apr 11 2002 - 11:58:13 EDT


Steven Frank wrote:
> I just got a 32 MB card and wanted to move everything from my old 4 MB
> card to it.
>
> So, I selected "All Icons" for the old 4 MB card, highlighted
> everything, tapped "File" and selected the new card.
>
> It chugged away for a long time, finally completing with "Sorry, an
> error occurred" (I didn't make a note of the number.)
>
> After I dismissed the error, there are no icons on the old card (good)
> and everything appears to have transferred to the new card.
>
> But that error at the end, and the fact that it still says "74k in use"
> on the old card makes me nervous. Did I really get everything? What's
> taking up 74k?
>
> Steven
>
>

You know another way to achieve this would be to use NCU to do a full
backup of the 4 MB card only (not the internal), then pop out the 4 MB
card. Put the new 32 MB card in and restore the backup to it.

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John Skinner
Vanderbilt University
john_at_johnskinner.net
http://www.johnskinner.net

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