[Dx4win] Moving to another computer
Carter
k8vt at ameritech.net
Sat Feb 6 11:36:01 EST 2010
I have a few questions I hope someone in the group can answer...
First, I am what is referred to in the DX4win literature as a "casual
DXer". <grin>
I have DX4win version 5.03, installed on my ham computer -- which uses
Win98SE. Wanting to at least put a toe into the 21st century, I got a
new computer with XP Pro. I DO have the 5.03 manual and my registration
number and the CD. To take the easy way out, I just copied the DX4win
folder and all of its sub directories from the old computer onto a CD
and then loaded it on to the new computer rather than using a new
install with the CD on the new computer.
1) In general, will this work?
2) It seemed to work (but the new computer is still on the bench, not
hooked up to my Omni 6 or anything else). When I launch DX4win on the
new computer, it comes up with a warning that says "Could not open CW
driver". What does this refer to? Is it fatal or am I just missing some
driver that did not carry over from the old machine (or is it something
new required by now being on an XP machine)? Once I click on "OK" to
clear the warning message, everything else seems to be there and be OK
(or as OK as I can tell, realizing that no radios or anything else is
yet hooked up to the computer).
3) If I decide to upgrade to the latest version, how would I do that?
Can I just upgrade what I brought over from the old computer or would I
be better off trying a fresh install using the 5.03 CD on the new
computer, do the upgrade and then just worry about bringing over my
log(s) later? (only problem I see with that is that I would lose all the
upgraded CTY files, etc, that were installed on the old computer, it may
not recognize Ducie and others in the existing log).
Hope the questions make sense and thanks in advance for any help you can
provide.
Carter K8VT
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