NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/comp/os/os2/apps/5555

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From: [e-mail] (Panos Economopoulos)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: Norton Desktop and WinOS2 HElp
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 26 Aug 92 17:18:00 GMT
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
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[e-mail] writes:

>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (X X) writes:
>> I recently installed OS/2.  Before I installed it however I backed up my
>> 50meg BBS with Norton Desktop for Windows.  I've installed norton desktop
>> into WIn-OS2 after installing os2.  But Norton Backup will not work correct
>> ly with it.  It says it cannot read the disk in the floppy drive.  I checked
>> and the files are still there.  What do I do?  Please Help, if I cant do
>> theis Ill be forced to go back to "real" windows.  I have OS/2 occupying
>> the full hard disk and using FAT tables.  HELP!!!!!!!!!!

>Sounds like culture-shock to me, Dennis. Why not just migrate your Windows
>apps to the OS/2 desktop? The WorkPlace Shell *is* what the Norton Desktop is
>trying to be.......go with the flow.

I don't think this posting answers, in *any way* the original poster's
very valid concern. I can empathize with him because I was almost caught
in the same trap. Why not try to answer the question factually and leave
gratuitous comments aside?  He doesn't mention he wants to restore Windows
applications. How about FAT data files? or DOS programs? He didn't mention
using Norton Desktop as a shell. For all we know, he might be using just
the Norton Backup of the Norton Desktop for Windows. (I bought the Desktop
last fall  because it included the Backup and cost less than just the
Norton Backup for Windows package --  at least here, in Toronto. The fact
that the desktop is much better than the Program/File Manager was a very
pleasant surprise).

Anyways, on to the facts :-) I originally installed OS/2 in a dual boot
configuration  on a hard disk with just one partition. Eventually things
got out of hand and I decided to reconfigure. Last week I took the plunge
and repartitioned/reformatted/reinstalled with Boot Manager, 3 FAT partitions,
and 1 HPFS partition. I installed OS/2 on the HPFS partition and
DOS on a FAT partition. So, now, the disk looks like this:
  Boot Mgr, primary C:  DOS,  D:, E:, FAT, F: HPFS - OS/2
I did take a backup of the non-OS/2 files with Norton Backup.
Before the repartitioning, I tried to restore some files with NBackup
running under Win-OS/2. It failed at the compatibility test, when it tried
to backup and restore a sample of the files.  However, since I was planning
for a DOS+Windows partition, anyway, it didn't really matter.
    The thing to note is that for the NBackup to run, one needs only
    the   *.dll and  nbw*.*  files from the NDW distribution.
I don't remember the exact size of the minimal DOS+Windows+NBackup
configuration but it is less than 10M (I can check tonight and post again)
So, one could have such a  partition just to facilitate the migration.
Unfortunately, one would have to repartition/reformat and reinstall.
That's not  too bad, though, since it took me less than 2 hrs
to partition/format/install OS/2, DOS, Windows. The key is to have decided
exactly what you want to do and where to put things before you start.

>Steve
>--
>Steve Withers - Wellington, New Zealand | If you don't vote for MMP on
>[e-mail]         |  September 19, 1992, then you
>[e-mail]            |  must like things the way they
>**** Happy user of OS/2 v2!! ****       |  are.....can I live with YOU?
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
      me, too :-)

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