vcinvestor...
To run Backup on your A machine, go to Start -> Programs
-> Accessories -> System Tools -> Backup.
If you don't find it installed, you'll have to go to the
Windows 98 CD-ROM and install it:
1. Go to Start -> Settings -> Control Panel and double-click
on the "Add/Remove Programs" icon.
2. Go to the Windows Setup tab and put a tick mark on BackUp
(in Windows 98 it should be under Accessories).
3. Click OK and Windows will install this tool.
I don't have Windows 98 handy, but once Backup is open, you
should be able to go to the Restore tab, which normally shows
a list of previously backed-up files from which you can choose
the one you want to restore. Since Backup on this computer
isn't the one that performed the backup, you'll need to guide
the program to the backup file you copied to the new computer.
Again, I don't have the Windows 98 Backup program, but what
you're looking for is the Restore Wizard, which might be found
under Tools. Running the Wizard allows you to point the program
to any backup file, such as the backup file you copied.
You don't say precisely what email program you were using and
backed up on the B computer, or whether you've installed it on
the A computer. In most cases, that would be the best way -
reinstall the email program on the new computer (so that it
is registered with the Windows registry), update it with any
Service Packs or security updates, so it matches the installation
on computer B, and then run Restore to restore the email content,
folder structure, and preferences of your old installation.
In most cases, that means instructing the Restore Wizard to
overwrite any files it finds with the same name (the new email
program will need to be closed during this process). This will
also overwrite any new emails in your new email installation,
if you have been impatient, and used it prior to restoring it.
Ideally, you should then be able to open the new email program
and see your emails restored.
If you've already used the newer email program on computer A
to send and receive mail, you'll need to 'merge' your old data
with the new, in which case you'll need to restore the data
from your backup file to some other temporary directory and
copy files by hand to the new installation. Exactly how to do
that will depend on the email program you're using, and would
constitute a separate question with a separate answer, if you
aren't able to determine this on your own.
All of the above assumes you have Windows 98 both on the B
computer and the A computer, since you didn't say otherwise.
If the A computer is using a different operating system, it
may be impossible to install and operate Backup from Windows
98 on the new system. In that case, you would need to find
another means of transferring the email files from the old
machine to the new one. Since you have the Backup program
on the old machine, if it is still functional, you can always
restore the files into a directory on the old machine, and
use some other means (besides Windows 98 Backup) to transfer
them to your new machine, such as zipping the entire directory
structure and copying that to the new machine.
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