Nope. They can use the 'common' resource of the external drive.
It's how I backup important information every now and then (only really emails), and how I sometimes transfer them over to a machine that will be offline when I'm busy out of the office for a week or two on site etc. The only thing that won't really be copied/transferred over is the actual passwords of things like email accounts, so the first time when you do something like a send/receive, it will in fact prompt you for those. Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' ----- Original Message ----- From: "sue morgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 10:37 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Transferring data from one laptop to another. > Thanks for the reply. Does this mean that I don't have to connect the > computers together by a cable then? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jacob Kruger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 8:16 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Transferring data from one laptop to > another. > > >> Start, programs, accessories, system tools, files and settings transfer >> wizard. >> >> Choose the option that it's the old computer, but then on the transfer >> method dialogue select the other option, which will allow you to supply a >> path on your external drive where it'll place a folder called USMT2.UNC. >> >> Then, when you run the wizard on your new computer, you can tell it it's >> the >> new one, and tell it where to look for that folder, and there you go. >> >> There are some other options like either files or settings, or both, and >> whether or not you want to try modify the listing it generates, but, >> initially, I'd just go for the both files and settings, since this will >> sort >> of include things like my documents, email messages, desktop layout, >> graphical options settings, etc. etc. >> >> HTH >> >> Jacob Kruger >> Blind Biker >> Skype: BlindZA >> '...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "sue morgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 6:31 PM >> Subject: [Blind-Computing] Transferring data from one laptop to another. >> >> >>> Hi. >>> >>> I'm replacing my laptop and I know that there's a backup utility in >>> system >>> tools which allows you to transfer everything from your old computer to >>> a >>> new one. Does this work well with Jaws and what type of cable do I need >>> to >>> connect the two laptops together in order to transfer the data? >>> >>> I've got everything backed up onto an external harddrive, but I'd like >>> to >>> try and transfer everything over onto my new machine if it's ok to do >>> that. >>> >>> I'd be grateful on any comments on this, as I've not done this before. >>> >>> I have a Sony Vaio laptop at the moment and replacing it with another >>> Sony >>> machine with higher spec. >>> >>> Sue. >>> e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> mobile 07968825286 >>> msn [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> skype suemorgan1006 >>> >>> >>> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com >>> Visit the Blind Computing home page at: >>> http://www.blind-computing.com >>> Address for the list archives: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject >>> or body of a blank message to: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Use the following address in order to contact the management team >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the >>> following address: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >> http://www.jaws-users.com >> Visit the Blind Computing home page at: >> http://www.blind-computing.com >> Address for the list archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject >> or body of a blank message to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Use the following address in order to contact the management team >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the >> following address: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following address in order to contact the management team > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
