We have an old computer, running Win95 & have just bought a new one, running Win98. The only backup software we have is the standard one that comes with Windows. We've lost the install disks for one of the programs we use. What is the best way of getting info from the old to the new. Thanks

If You can, install both hrd-disks in the same machine were You have W98, restart win98 an be sure that the system recognize the second HD; if is so, go to DOS, usin the DOS prompt; do not shutdown to DOS, then use the xcopy command whith the switches /K/Y/C/H/I/F/R/E/V, exaple: xcopy (from)d:\xxxxxxx (to) c:\xxxxxxx /K/Y/C/H/I/F/R/E/V Yoy can use this procedure, to make an image of a disk to other with diferent sizes.

use a zip drive or jaz drive.

The first comment is a good sugestion, however the swithches are not all needed! If you can install the second hard drive into the new system, you will need to do a couple of things before you can run an xcopy session. After you install the drive, and attach it to the ribbon cable, a good side note to check, will be the master / slave settings for both drives, you can find these either in the manual that came with the drive, or sometimes printed on the lable on the drive. Power up your machine, enter into your computer's BIOS, usualy done through the "delete" key at start-up ( hold down the delete key while your system boots -works for most Clones, Compaq's use F10, Digital F2 and DELL F5 ) once into your BIOS you will have to access the IDE Auto Detection setting, and run an auto detect hard drives! you will see both of your drives, choose Yes for appropriate sizes, and then exit and SAVE CHANGES. Now your machine will recognize your two drives and you can run xcopy /e /s [If You can, install both hrd-disks in the same machine were You have W98, restart win98 an be sure that the system recognize the second HD; if is so, go to DOS, usin the DOS prompt; do not shutdown to DOS, then use the xcopy command whith the switches ]

After the HD install, I would actually advise that you do not use xcopy. Why? Just use Explorer to drag & drop the folder of the program you wish to have, then goto a DOS window and COPY the DLLs from the old \Windows and \Windows\System folders to the new system. No overwrites, etc., etc., etc. And faster, too. Of course, a Direct Cable Connection is easy, too.......*sigh*