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Using PKZIP & PKUNZIP

Required: 3-5 Freshly formatted floppies (This amount may vary depending upon the size of your data files)

One MicroBiz CD

  1. Go to the DOS prompt, and place the MicroBiz CD into the CD-ROM.
  2. Insert a floppy into the "A" drive.
  3. 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)
  4. Take the floppy over to the old machine, and place the floppy into the "A" drive.
  5. Go to the DOS prompt and type "cd\ (ENTER)" to get the "C:\>" prompt
  6. 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.
  7. Place the last disk into the new computer.
  8. 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)
  9. Insert each floppy disk in the order requested

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