Re: Novice.. Don't Laugh

[Jim Macklin]

XP has a rudimentary back-up program but it is not loaded by
default. It doesn't directly work to a CD-R.
Corel can open some files created by WORKS and most WORD
files. Copy your floppies to a folder on your hard drive
(make the folder inside MY Documents, name it "Works data
files" or something like that) and then try to open the
files, if Corel recognizes the file type they will open.
Go to the Corel website and check for plug-ins to work with
WORKS.

Read your computer documentation, probably a hidden
partition is on the hard drive to do a system restore. But
it will probably wipe all data and programs not installed at
the factory.
Check with the manufacturer about getting CDs, including a
genuine XP CD.


"Granny Jen" > wrote in message
...
| New computer came with XP loaded. No XP CD came with it.
| I gave the old computer to the grandkids. Had all my data
| backed up on floppies. Old one had MS works. New one has
| Corel Word. Old one was win98. Do I get the new data onto
| the new computer by copying the floppies on to the hard
| drive or what. AND are Works and WORD compatible? I
| understand that I have to go buy a back up program to use
| with XP, don't have a problem with that, just more
| concerned about the WOrks and WOrd stuff and will copying
| floppies do the trick? Or must I buy Works also? Jeez
| guys help me out here. Thanks in advance.

[Jim Macklin]

XP has a rudimentary back-up program but it is not loaded by
default. It doesn't directly work to a CD-R.
Corel can open some files created by WORKS and most WORD
files. Copy your floppies to a folder on your hard drive
(make the folder inside MY Documents, name it "Works data
files" or something like that) and then try to open the
files, if Corel recognizes the file type they will open.
Go to the Corel website and check for plug-ins to work with
WORKS.

Read your computer documentation, probably a hidden
partition is on the hard drive to do a system restore. But
it will probably wipe all data and programs not installed at
the factory.
Check with the manufacturer about getting CDs, including a
genuine XP CD.


"Granny Jen" > wrote in message
...
| New computer came with XP loaded. No XP CD came with it.
| I gave the old computer to the grandkids. Had all my data
| backed up on floppies. Old one had MS works. New one has
| Corel Word. Old one was win98. Do I get the new data onto
| the new computer by copying the floppies on to the hard
| drive or what. AND are Works and WORD compatible? I
| understand that I have to go buy a back up program to use
| with XP, don't have a problem with that, just more
| concerned about the WOrks and WOrd stuff and will copying
| floppies do the trick? Or must I buy Works also? Jeez
| guys help me out here. Thanks in advance.

[Jim Macklin]

WORKS use .wps for word processing, other extensions for
database and spreadsheet. WORKS SUITEs include MS WORD,
which is least expensive way to get a legal WORD.


"Peter A. Stavrakoglou" > wrote in
message ...
| "Doug Knox MS-MVP" > wrote in message
| ...
| > Word will handle Works files. You may lose some
formatting, but the
| majority
| > of the documents will be intact. For spreadsheet files
and the
| like, you'd
| > have to buy Office, not just Word.
| >
| > --
| > Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
| > Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
| > http://www.dougknox.com
| > --------------------------------
| > Associate Expert
| > ExpertZone -
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
| > --------------------------------
| > Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
| > Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
| >
| > "Granny Jen" > wrote in message
| > ...
| > > New computer came with XP loaded. No XP CD came with
it.
| > > I gave the old computer to the grandkids. Had all my
data
| > > backed up on floppies. Old one had MS works. New one
has
| > > Corel Word. Old one was win98. Do I get the new data
onto
| > > the new computer by copying the floppies on to the
hard
| > > drive or what. AND are Works and WORD compatible? I
| > > understand that I have to go buy a back up program to
use
| > > with XP, don't have a problem with that, just more
| > > concerned about the WOrks and WOrd stuff and will
copying
| > > floppies do the trick? Or must I buy Works also? Jeez
| > > guys help me out here. Thanks in advance.
| >
| >
|
| Works and Word are compatible but Granny Jen has
WordPerfect, not
| Word. In any case, WordPerfect can read MS Word files and
also save
| in MS Word format also so I imagine that it can easily
handle the
| works files also. I've never used Works, are the Works
file extension
| ".doc" like Word's?
|
|

[Jim Macklin]

WORKS use .wps for word processing, other extensions for
database and spreadsheet. WORKS SUITEs include MS WORD,
which is least expensive way to get a legal WORD.


"Peter A. Stavrakoglou" > wrote in
message ...
| "Doug Knox MS-MVP" > wrote in message
| ...
| > Word will handle Works files. You may lose some
formatting, but the
| majority
| > of the documents will be intact. For spreadsheet files
and the
| like, you'd
| > have to buy Office, not just Word.
| >
| > --
| > Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
| > Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
| > http://www.dougknox.com
| > --------------------------------
| > Associate Expert
| > ExpertZone -
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
| > --------------------------------
| > Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
| > Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
| >
| > "Granny Jen" > wrote in message
| > ...
| > > New computer came with XP loaded. No XP CD came with
it.
| > > I gave the old computer to the grandkids. Had all my
data
| > > backed up on floppies. Old one had MS works. New one
has
| > > Corel Word. Old one was win98. Do I get the new data
onto
| > > the new computer by copying the floppies on to the
hard
| > > drive or what. AND are Works and WORD compatible? I
| > > understand that I have to go buy a back up program to
use
| > > with XP, don't have a problem with that, just more
| > > concerned about the WOrks and WOrd stuff and will
copying
| > > floppies do the trick? Or must I buy Works also? Jeez
| > > guys help me out here. Thanks in advance.
| >
| >
|
| Works and Word are compatible but Granny Jen has
WordPerfect, not
| Word. In any case, WordPerfect can read MS Word files and
also save
| in MS Word format also so I imagine that it can easily
handle the
| works files also. I've never used Works, are the Works
file extension
| ".doc" like Word's?
|
|

[Jim Macklin]

If you floppies were made with a back-up program they are
probably encoded by that program. Simply copying the files
does not decode the file. You need the same program to
unlock the files. If you used W98's back-up to create the
files, find a friend with W98 and restore those back-ups to
a folder on their computer, that will remove the back-up
coding. Then copy the files to floppies or better, a CD-R,
they will all probably fit one CD (1 CD= 450 floppies).

If your friend has either WORKS or WORD, open the files and
convert them to a Corel compatible format or better still,
the generally universal .rtf format, then any program can
read them.

Salesmen sell you a computer and talk about the speed and
features, but they rarely talk about software compatibility
issues because they don't know and if they did it would
queer the deal.


"Granny Jen" > wrote in message
...
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >My apologies. I didn't notice the reference to Corel,
| just Word. I don't
| >know if Corel has converters for MS Works files or not.
| >
| >--
| >Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
| >Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
| >http://www.dougknox.com
| >--------------------------------
| >Associate Expert
| >ExpertZone -
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
| >--------------------------------
| >Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
| >Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
| >
| >"Granny Jen" > wrote in message
| ...
| >>
| >> >-----Original Message-----
| >> >"Doug Knox MS-MVP" > wrote in message
| >> ...
| >> >> Word will handle Works files. You may lose some
| >> formatting, but the
| >> >majority
| >> >> of the documents will be intact. For spreadsheet
| files
| >> and the
| >> >like, you'd
| >> >> have to buy Office, not just Word.
| >> >>
| >> >> --
| >> >> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
| >> >> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
| >> >> http://www.dougknox.com
| >> >> --------------------------------
| >> >> Associate Expert
| >> >> ExpertZone -
| >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
| >> >> --------------------------------
| >> >> Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may
| benefit.
| >> >> Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
| >> >>
| >> >> "Granny Jen" > wrote in message
| >> >> ...
| >> >> > New computer came with XP loaded. No XP CD came
| with
| >> it.
| >> >> > I gave the old computer to the grandkids. Had all
| my
| >> data
| >> >> > backed up on floppies. Old one had MS works. New
| one
| >> has
| >> >> > Corel Word. Old one was win98. Do I get the new
| data
| >> onto
| >> >> > the new computer by copying the floppies on to the
| >> hard
| >> >> > drive or what. AND are Works and WORD compatible?
| I
| >> >> > understand that I have to go buy a back up program
| to
| >> use
| >> >> > with XP, don't have a problem with that, just more
| >> >> > concerned about the WOrks and WOrd stuff and will
| >> copying
| >> >> > floppies do the trick? Or must I buy Works also?
| Jeez
| >> >> > guys help me out here. Thanks in advance.
| >> >>
| >> >>
| >> >
| >> >Works and Word are compatible but Granny Jen has
| >> WordPerfect, not
| >> >Word. In any case, WordPerfect can read MS Word files
| >> and also save
| >> >in MS Word format also so I imagine that it can easily
| >> handle the
| >> >works files also. I've never used Works, are the
Works
| >> file extension
| >> >".doc" like Word's?
| >> >
| >> >
| >> >.
| >> >
| >> OK now you guys are confusing me, will it or won't it
| >> work? I know nothing about Corel, haven't even opened
| the
| >> the program yet. XP is confusing enough to me, don't
| want
| >> to mess anything up before I try to do any of this and
| >> then have to come crying back to you guys for help to
| dig
| >> me out of a computer nightmare. I am starting to feel
| >> really really stupid about all of this, so thanks for
| >> taking the time to answer me.
| >
| >
| >.
| >
| well guess this is all almost a moot point, I am now being
| told that XP won't read floppies done on win98 backup
| program, must I now go back and copy those files onto a cd
| and then copy them into XP??? Cheese and rice this use to
| be so simple. Sorry to be so thick about all of this.

[Jim Macklin]

If you floppies were made with a back-up program they are
probably encoded by that program. Simply copying the files
does not decode the file. You need the same program to
unlock the files. If you used W98's back-up to create the
files, find a friend with W98 and restore those back-ups to
a folder on their computer, that will remove the back-up
coding. Then copy the files to floppies or better, a CD-R,
they will all probably fit one CD (1 CD= 450 floppies).

If your friend has either WORKS or WORD, open the files and
convert them to a Corel compatible format or better still,
the generally universal .rtf format, then any program can
read them.

Salesmen sell you a computer and talk about the speed and
features, but they rarely talk about software compatibility
issues because they don't know and if they did it would
queer the deal.


"Granny Jen" > wrote in message
...
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >My apologies. I didn't notice the reference to Corel,
| just Word. I don't
| >know if Corel has converters for MS Works files or not.
| >
| >--
| >Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
| >Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
| >http://www.dougknox.com
| >--------------------------------
| >Associate Expert
| >ExpertZone -
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
| >--------------------------------
| >Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
| >Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
| >
| >"Granny Jen" > wrote in message
| ...
| >>
| >> >-----Original Message-----
| >> >"Doug Knox MS-MVP" > wrote in message
| >> ...
| >> >> Word will handle Works files. You may lose some
| >> formatting, but the
| >> >majority
| >> >> of the documents will be intact. For spreadsheet
| files
| >> and the
| >> >like, you'd
| >> >> have to buy Office, not just Word.
| >> >>
| >> >> --
| >> >> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
| >> >> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
| >> >> http://www.dougknox.com
| >> >> --------------------------------
| >> >> Associate Expert
| >> >> ExpertZone -
| >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
| >> >> --------------------------------
| >> >> Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may
| benefit.
| >> >> Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
| >> >>
| >> >> "Granny Jen" > wrote in message
| >> >> ...
| >> >> > New computer came with XP loaded. No XP CD came
| with
| >> it.
| >> >> > I gave the old computer to the grandkids. Had all
| my
| >> data
| >> >> > backed up on floppies. Old one had MS works. New
| one
| >> has
| >> >> > Corel Word. Old one was win98. Do I get the new
| data
| >> onto
| >> >> > the new computer by copying the floppies on to the
| >> hard
| >> >> > drive or what. AND are Works and WORD compatible?
| I
| >> >> > understand that I have to go buy a back up program
| to
| >> use
| >> >> > with XP, don't have a problem with that, just more
| >> >> > concerned about the WOrks and WOrd stuff and will
| >> copying
| >> >> > floppies do the trick? Or must I buy Works also?
| Jeez
| >> >> > guys help me out here. Thanks in advance.
| >> >>
| >> >>
| >> >
| >> >Works and Word are compatible but Granny Jen has
| >> WordPerfect, not
| >> >Word. In any case, WordPerfect can read MS Word files
| >> and also save
| >> >in MS Word format also so I imagine that it can easily
| >> handle the
| >> >works files also. I've never used Works, are the
Works
| >> file extension
| >> >".doc" like Word's?
| >> >
| >> >
| >> >.
| >> >
| >> OK now you guys are confusing me, will it or won't it
| >> work? I know nothing about Corel, haven't even opened
| the
| >> the program yet. XP is confusing enough to me, don't
| want
| >> to mess anything up before I try to do any of this and
| >> then have to come crying back to you guys for help to
| dig
| >> me out of a computer nightmare. I am starting to feel
| >> really really stupid about all of this, so thanks for
| >> taking the time to answer me.
| >
| >
| >.
| >
| well guess this is all almost a moot point, I am now being
| told that XP won't read floppies done on win98 backup
| program, must I now go back and copy those files onto a cd
| and then copy them into XP??? Cheese and rice this use to
| be so simple. Sorry to be so thick about all of this.