Moving MasterVision to a New Computer

If you want to move MasterVision from one computer to another, here are the steps you have to follow.

First you need to install MasterVision to the new computer. Use the original four disks you received with MasterVision. If you no longer have the disks, download the full demo from the web site. When you install MasterVision on the new computer, it is going to be in demo mode. To activate MasterVision on this new computer, you'll have to call to get codes.

Now that you have MasterVision up and running, you'll want to move your data from the old computer to the new computer. Download these two files to a floppy disk: pkzip and pkunzip.

After downloading the files to a floppy disk, take the floppy and go to the old computer. The instructions below will copy the pkzip.exe program from the floppy to the MasterVision directory and then copy the MasterVision data to floppy disks. You should have 3-4 blank floppy disks ready. These instructions should be entered in a MS-DOS prompt (Start > Programs > MS-DOS prompt in Windows 95, Main Group, MS DOS Icon in Windows 3.1).

c:
cd c:\mv\dbfs
copy a:pkzip.exe *.*
pkzip a:data.zip -& *.dbf *.cdx *.fpt
(Should see a bunch of file names fly by)
exit

At this point, all of the data should be copied to floppies. Go to the new computer and open an MS-DOS prompt as above. Insert the floppy where you downloaded pkunzip and do the following:

c:
cd c:\mv\dbfs
copy a:pkunzip.exe *.*
(Insert the first data disk created above)
pkunzip a:data.zip
(Should ask for disk 3 and then for disk 1. It will say that files already exist. Answer "A" to the overwrite message to overwrite all files.)
(Should go through all your disks.)
exit

At this point your data has been moved to the new computer. Start MasterVision on the new computer. Select File > Utility > Set Data Source and change to the DBFS folder. Select Search > Find Student and see that your data is there.