Using PKZIP & PKUNZIP
Required: 3-5 Freshly formatted floppies (This amount may vary depending upon the size of your data files)
One MicroBiz CD
- Go to the DOS prompt, and place the MicroBiz CD into the CD-ROM.
- Insert a floppy into the "A" drive.
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At the DOS prompt, type (D: is the assumed CD drive – if it is not, make changes accordingly):
d: (enter)
cd\utils (enter)
copy pkzip.exe a: (enter)
- Take the floppy over to the old machine, and place the floppy into the "A" drive.
- Go to the DOS prompt and type "cd\ (ENTER)" to get the "C:\>" prompt
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Type:
copy a:\pkzip.exe c:\ (enter)
pkzip -& a:\dbf.zip c:\business\*.db? (enter)
Insert each floppy when it asks for it, and label them in sequence.
When the zip process is finished, go to the new computer.
- Place the last disk into the new computer.
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Go to the DOS prompt. Make sure the MicroBiz CD-ROM is in the drive and type:
cd\ (enter)
md business (enter)
d: (enter)
cd\utils (enter)
copy pkunzip.exe c:\ (enter)
c: (enter)
pkunzip a:\dbf.zip c:\business (enter)
- Insert each floppy disk in the order requested
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