Just wanted to say thanks...I just upgraded my PC with new HDD, Win8, and needed to install Pmail on new HDD and save all my old files...Your instructions worked great. No problems! Thanks again.
My old PC died and I have mounted the old hard drive in a caddy and I can access it from my new PC. I can see all the folders but I don't know which ones to move or where to move them to. Can you give me a step by step instruction? I have downloaded the latest Pegasus mail to the new PC.
Thanks, John
> My old PC died and I have mounted the old hard drive in a caddy and I
> can access it from my new PC. I can see all the folders but I don't
> know which ones to move or where to move them to. Can you give me a
> step by step instruction? I have downloaded the latest Pegasus mail
> to the new PC.
Here's how you move Pegasus Mail from one system to another.
1. Use Help | About Pegasus Mail | Info and note all the
directories. This is the directory structure you want to
backup.
2. Use the Windows backup program to backup the entire
structure. In the multiuser made this means you'll have to
backup the top level structure to get all the user
directories. You can simply ZIP these directories to a
CDROM and restore on the other end as well.
3. Restore this to the new computer.
Note:
A. If you are using a CDROM for backup make sure that the
files did not get marked read only. Use Explorer and check
the file properties.
B. If you changed drive letters then run pconfig.exe and
change the drive letter of the home and new mail directory
to match the new location. You also should check the
Mailbox: line in the *.PND files and make sure it's blank.
C. If you want to upgrade in the process do it after you transfer
the files and install it over the old installation using exactly
the same directory structure and options.
Thank you for your advice. I will try to do as you suggest but as the files are on the old drive which is in a seperate caddy, they are simply visible in windows explorer, so I'm not sure exactly if it will be possible to actually back them up - and would this be necessary since they are, in a way, backed up already on the old hard drive.
How can I go to 'help' in the old version of Pegaus as I can't open it, because its in the caddy? Or did you mean go to 'help' in the new PC's Pegasus?
Sorry but I'm only averagely computer literate. :-)
John
Copy the Pegasus Mail installation from the old hard drive to the new hard drive maintaining the original drive and directory settings of the old system if possible. That is, if you had installed it to c:\pmail on the old system make sure it's c:\pmail on the new system.
You can then create a shortcut to the winpm-32.exe program file and run the program. If you cannot maintain the drive and directory then go to the ..\pmail\programs directory and run pconfig.exe and reset to home and new mail directory spec to match the new location.
a good way to move pmail is installing the program from the setup file on your computer in the same directory as on your old computer. then simply copy the old files over the new installed one. this works pretty well. i use it to synchronize up to three notebooks that way. to make it faster i use a sync tool called viceversa, but it should work with any tool you can get. synctoy is a free tool available from microsoft, working with vista.
Hi Thomas, I've copied the files to the new C drive but how do I make a short cut to winpm-32.exe?
John
Right click your desktop, select New > Shortcut, browse to c:\pmail\winpm-32.exe (or wherever it is on your system)
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I seem to be having problems doing what seems to be a simple operation!! I made the short cut as suggested but when I click it, it tries to run setup pegasus again. What am I doing wrong here?
John
I assume you installed to c:\pmail. The shortcut should be pointing to c:\pmail\programs\winpm-32.exe. When running pconfig.exe from the programs directory it should show c:\pmail\mail\~8 for the HOME and NEW mail directory.
You've got the patience of a saint Thomas!
I can't find c:\pmail\programs\winpm-32.exe.
Only the same without the exe, except for
c:\pmail\programs\winpm-32.exe.manifest and
c:\pmail\programs\winpm-32.dat.
Hang on I've short cutted to c:\pmail\programs\winpm-32. It's opened but is asking me for my 'user name' but I haven't given it one yet. Now what do I do?
John
You are probably set to hide file extensions, I really do not know why MS does this. If it's asking for a user name then the path is probably wrong in pconfig.exe. I assume that the mail directory is c:\pmail\mail and in this directory you have only the file pmail.usr and a subdirectory called admin. If so the program should not be asking for a user name. Check to see if you have c:\pmail\mail\~8 in the HOME and NEW mail directory spec.
OK, you were right, I've unhidden the files but there is no sign of a home file, nor the exe file and yet Pegasus opens when I click the icon on desktop.
Should I uninstall Pegasus and reinstall or won't that make any difference. I have used Pegasus for years and have never had any problems with it until now. How difficult can it be to simply transfer the Pegasus files from an old hard drive mounted in a caddy to the new hard drive?
If I right click on the icon and open file location it shows winpm-32 - application in the programs under pmail. That is what I short cutted to and that produced the user name request. But if that icon opens Pegasus that must be right so why does it want a username?
I don't want to give up on Pegasus its got all my files from 2000 and I need them all, but I don't know where to go next, and further suggestions would be much appreciated.
John
It's not hard at all, it's a simple copy IF you maintain the same drive letter and directory. Even if you do not all you have to do is reset them using pconfig.exe. All you have to do after that is create a shortcut to run the program.
This also assumes that your new system does not block access to the files and folders.
If I right click on the icon and open file location it shows winpm-32
- application in the programs under pmail. That is what I short cutted
to and that produced the user name request. But if that icon opens
Pegasus that must be right so why does it want a username?
If the path that is shown in the setup does not result in Pegasus Mail finding a pmail.usr at then it's lost and will ask for a username.
FWIW, the reason your system does not show a winpm-32.exe is that it is set to hide the file extensions of registered file types.
One last try. Under C:\ I have currently PMAIL and PMAIL2. PMAIL subfolders include MAIL and Programs.
PMAIL 2 has DEFAULTS, MAIL and RESOURCE
PMAIL 2 was in the old PC.
John
Sorry Guys, but I really need to sort this out. Someone please help me get my old Pegasus emails on to my new PC from an old hard drive now copied onto my new PC.
John
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One last try. Under C:\ I have currently PMAIL and PMAIL2. PMAIL subfolders include MAIL and Programs.
PMAIL 2 has DEFAULTS, MAIL and RESOURCE
PMAIL 2 was in the old PC.
John
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PMail is the new single user setup. The program is in pmail\programs. The pmail.usr file should be at pmail\mail and there should also be a admin directory with a pmail.ini and folders. If you run pconfig.exe from pmail\programs yuo should see pmail\mail\~8 for thye home and new mail directory path.
PMail2 is the old single user setup. The program is in the pmail2 directory. There is no pmail.usr file and the mail and folders are in the pmail2\mail directory. If you run pconfig.exe from the pmail directory you should see pmail2\mail as the home and new mail directory.
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Sorry Guys, but I really need to sort this out. Someone please help me get my old Pegasus emails on to my new PC from an old hard drive now copied onto my new PC.
John
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Here's a step-by-step assuming the current directory is d:\program files\pmail and you want to move to c:\program files\pmail. It also assumes this was a v4.x version. If you are using something that was installed much earlier then use c:\program files\pmail for the program directory instead of c:\program files\pmail\programs. I am not going to keep typing c:\program files over and over so ..\ means c:\program files\.
1. Run pconfig.exe from d:\..\pmail\programs and note the home and new mail directory setting. It should be either c:\..\pmail\mail or c:..\pmail\mail\~8.
2. Copy d:\..\pmail to the c:\.. directory. You should now have a c:\..\pmail directory. You are trying to ensure that the new directory and drive letter is the same as the old.
3. Create a shortcut pointing to the winpm-32.exe file in the c:\program files\pmail\program.
Now when you run WinPMail it will look in the c\..\pmail\programs directory, file the pmail.cfg file, read this file to get the new mail directory, go to that directory and try to open the pmail.ini file. If you get a request for a user name then you have a pmail.cfg file that dorect not point to the correct directory. You run pconfig.exe from the same directory as thye program to reset the paths so that they point to the proper mail directory.
