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First I had a source pc which already had xywrite ("xy") 4.17 on it and windows 98se.  I had installed the xy on the source machine at a time when I had booted up to the dos kernel.  (On boot up if you keep pressing f8 you get several options.  I had chosen the dos or command prompt.  I think that was choice number 5.
 
Next I went to the target pc on which I wanted to install xywrite which used windows xp as its operating system.  I went to command prompt on the desktop.   I connected a fastlynx cable between the source and the target machine and gave the command on the source machine to simply copy my entire xy directory to a xy directory on the target machine.  I think this can also be done using laplink which is very similar or if you have a network can simply be copied through the network or you can use floppies.  I have done all but the laplink in the past to transfer xy from one pc to another.  
 
    To operate xy on the target pc which has windows xp I do one of two things, either I go to command prompt and run xy that way but than I cannot use <alt+shift+hard return> or I use a boot disk which has the dos kernel from windows 98se on it.  Prior to this operation I had created a dos boot disk using a windows 98 machine.  I than rebooted my windows xp pc from a floppy so that I had a dos operating system.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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To: avromf@xxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: your mail



Can you tell me how you installed Xy on XP?   I've had no success, although I haven't tried that hard, either.