fonts

Hi,
I just got a new HDD running Win98. I need to import the fonts from my old
HDD on my old comuter onto my new HDD. How can I do that. When I tried it by
importing new fonts in the control pannel I do not see the drive. Also I
tried by sharing the fonts file but only a small part of the fonts are seen
by the other computer.
Please help.
Thanks
AJS

Does Windows Explorer see the old drive? If so, please explain in detail
exactly what you tried as there is no import function for fonts in SE that I
am aware of.

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Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"AJS" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I just got a new HDD running Win98. I need to import the fonts from my old
HDD on my old comuter onto my new HDD. How can I do that. When I tried it
by
importing new fonts in the control pannel I do not see the drive. Also I
tried by sharing the fonts file but only a small part of the fonts are
seen
by the other computer.
Please help.
Thanks
AJS

When installing a second HD drive into a computer, you
need to make sure of the following:

First, that the jumpers are set correctly. If you have
both hard drives on the same controller cable, remember
that the primary drive needs to be set as a "master" and
the secondary drive needs to be set as a "slave". If
they're set to the same thing, or if either drive is set
to "single", then you'll have problems.

Second, make sure that the BIOS is set up to recognize the
drive. In the BIOS setup, confirm that the drive type is
set to "auto" and, if indicated on the same screen, that
the drive parameters are detected properly.

Normally, that should be all that's needed for the second
drive to be visible as the "D:" drive when you boot up in
Windows.

However, some things can cause the D: drive to not show
up. For example, if the hard drive has a "drive overlay"
such as "EZ-Bios" installed in its boot sector, the drive
will be inaccessible. (Such an overlay is only needed when
installing a large drive into an old computer that doesn't
support an HD of that size.)

Also, if the D: drive uses a different file system than
your OS recognizes, it won't appear. For example, if
you're running Windows XP on a hard drive that's formatted
with NTFS, and then try to move that drive to a computer
with an older version of Windows that doesn't support
NTFS, the drive won't show up or be accessible.

Once you get the second hard drive working and accessible,
there'll still be one more obstacle you'll need to
overcome: The "Fonts" folder is one of many "special"
folders that appear differently when brought up in Windows
Explorer. Instead of displaying a list of the files in
that folder, it will display a list of the fonts installed
in the system. Because this will also happen when you try
to access the fonts on the second hard drive, this can
cause a lot of confusion!

The workaround? Copy the fonts using the command prompt.
Just bring up the prompt and then type this command:

copy d:\windows\fonts\*.ttf c:\windows\fonts

You'll probably end up being prompted to overwrite a heck
of a lot of files; in most cases you won't need to
overwrite any, so just press N a bunch of times until the
copy is complete. (You may need to open the Fonts folder
afterwards, or even reboot, for the new fonts to show up
in the list.)

Alternatively, you should be able to use the "Install
Fonts" dialog box in the Control Panel - Fonts window to
copy the fonts. You'll get a bunch of messages about fonts
that already exist on your computer, but the fonts that
don't will be copied.

Hope this helps.

-----Original Message-----
Does Windows Explorer see the old drive? If so, please
explain in detail
exactly what you tried as there is no import function for
fonts in SE that I
am aware of.

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"AJS" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I just got a new HDD running Win98. I need to import
the fonts from my old
HDD on my old comuter onto my new HDD. How can I do
that. When I tried it
by
importing new fonts in the control pannel I do not see
the drive. Also I
tried by sharing the fonts file but only a small part
of the fonts are
seen
by the other computer.
Please help.
Thanks
AJS