on 11/26/03 11:39 AM, Bruce Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > James G (Jim) Hardwick wrote: > >> But what about copying the system files? I always ran into to trouble >> there when trying to mass restore like you are describing. Does copying >> the DT database in 9 cover that problem? > > System files are copied by dragging the System folder over. I deal with > desktop items by creating a new folder on the other drive, calling it > old desktop stuff, and dragging files from the Desktop to there. > > Aliases will have to be recreated, anyway, if you're switching over to > the new drive. You don't need to worry about the desktop DB files, those > will get recreated automatically by the System if needed, or you can > force it by rebuilding the desktop. > > You should not have run into problems doing this, I never have...what > happened?
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