I have loads of MS files etc on my harddrive, how can I transfer and use these under Linux?? Anybody done this? I already use Mozilla & ThunderBird on XP so hope transfer of these will be easy also.
2007-01-24 16:32:52 · 2 answers · asked by robjoss 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Linux is more efficient with hardware. My primary machine is running Slackware 11 on an Athlon 2000+ (1.6Ghz) with 256M (I need more RAM though).
I had set it up with the old FAT partitions intact and could still reboot into windows when I had a need for it. The old drive has just recently developed bad sectors and I fear is dying a slow death. Unfortunately, I may have lost some recent stuff on it that I didn't have backed up, though I'm running a recovery on it now.
Anyway...
The ubuntu site has info on setting up a dual boot system somewhere, can't recall exactly. There's also a video in the sources below.
I'm not aware of any easy transfer or migration method.
Linux can access windows drives. OpenOffice can access MS Office files. Wine can allow you to run many windows executables in Linux.
There should be plenty of info in the links below to get you going.
Good Luck.
2007-01-24 16:59:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to transfer the files you would have to save them on some medium, cd, dvd or another computer.
2007-01-25 00:53:11 · answer #2 · answered by mastervok_si 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋