DBASE IV

Having trouble installing dbase iv from floppies. Newer computers have no 
"A"drive. Tried copying eqach disk to its own CD. Could not get it to
work. 
Any suggestions??
e-mail joepozz@bellsouth.net

Thanks, 

Try creating a volume label on the CD the same as on the disks. 

1) Take the floppy drive you used to copy the disks to CD and install it in 
the computer you want to install dBASE on.

2) Buy a floppy drive off of eBay.

3) Copy all the floppy disks to the HD in folders named the same as the 
volume label on the floppy, then copy this folder structure to CD, then copy 
it to the machine you want to install dBASE on and try and install form the 
HD (I've used this with dBXL).

Charles...



"Joseph Pozzuoli" <joepozz@bellsouth.net> wrote in message 
news:e24OeGMlHHA.1068@news-server...
> Having trouble installing dbase iv from floppies. Newer computers have no 
> "A"drive. Tried copying eqach disk to its own CD. Could not get
it to 
> work. Any suggestions??
> e-mail joepozz@bellsouth.net
>
> Thanks,
> 

On Sat, 12 May 2007 14:02:44 -0400
Joseph Pozzuoli said :

> Having trouble installing dbase iv from floppies. Newer computers have no 
> "A"drive. Tried copying eqach disk to its own CD. Could not get
it to work. 
> Any suggestions??

If you have an existing installation on another machine, simply copy the entire

directory to your new machine and you should be in business.

Note that when installing dBASE IV you select a code page (usually 437 or 850) 
and this may not match your new machine. If need be, do a fresh install on an 
old machine with the desired code page, and then copy over to the new machine.

Hint - Keep the resulting installs on CD or a backed up file server for future 
use. 

-- 
Ronnie MacGregor
Scotland

Ronnie at
dBASEdeveloper
dot co dot uk

www.dBASEdeveloper.co.uk