Dear Dave (or other tech-rockers), I'm also in the situation of having to transfer ebase (v 1.02) and all data therein from one computer to another. The computer I'm transferring from has a CD writer, so I copied the ebase folder and all of its contents to a CD-R (I also tried a CD-RW) and then copied the contents of the CD to the hard drive of the new computer (which also has a CD writer). I'm able to open ebase, but no matter which file I try to open, I get the message "this file is read only and is not modifiable." What am I doing wrong here?
Thanks, Paul Hardy ************************************* Paul Hardy, Executive Director Feather River Land Trust P.O. Box 1826 Quincy, CA 95971 phone/fax: (530) 283-5758 [EMAIL PROTECTED]; www.frlt.org ************************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Shaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "TechRocks Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 8:48 AM Subject: [support] Re: How do I transfer ebase to a new conputer? > >Hello out there! > >This is the first time I ever used a venue like this...well, here goes! > >I have been using ebase v.1.0.3 for about a year. We got a new comuter > >with Windows XP on it. Our original computer was quite old. I saved > >everything to a floppy but my new computer won't even open it up! HELP!! > >How do I transfer ebase and all it's data onto my new computer? > > All the files and folders in the ebase directory need to be > transferred to the new machine. There are 20-something files, with > filenames like names_.103 and such. As others have said, these files > won't fit on a floppy - you probably grabbed only the single file > ebase.103. That's only a control and navigation file and has no data. > It's unlikely that even the names file alone will fit on a floppy. > You'll need to use a larger-capacity removable disk like a zip disk, > or temporarily hook both machines up to a local network to transfer > the files. > > >Should I > >now upgrade to ebase 2.0 and then try to empty my data into it from the > >floppy that my new computer won't open??!! OUCH!! > > version 2 is not ready for release, and in any case would complicate > the transfer. Get the files onto the new machine, then think about > the upgrade, if it makes sense for you, in a couple of months. > > > -- > -- > Dave Shaw H4 Consulting > tel: 206-954-7526 fax: 206-625-1338 > > ------------------ > Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to > http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
