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  • Issues witth moving the bbs files over

    From Plt@VERT/MEGABBS to Digitalman on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 00:34:10

    Hello

    Since my mother board did not want to load Windows 32 bit I am stuck using windows 64 bit. The bbs runs but the users, file areas,
    and the message bases are gone.

    The older machine is 32 bit the new machine is 64 bit

    This is what I did.

    1. Installed windows 64 bit on the new machine
    2. Copied over all the 32 bit sbbs files to usb.
    3. Copied all the sbbs files from the usb (Old 32 bit SBBS files) over to the sbbs directory on the 64 bit machine.

    Both systems is using the same sbbs directory c:\users\phil\sbbs\

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Plt on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 23:52:56
    Re: Issues witth moving the bbs files over
    By: Plt to Digitalman on Wed Mar 18 2026 12:34 am


    Hello

    Since my mother board did not want to load Windows 32 bit I am stuck using windows 64 bit. The bbs runs but the users, file areas, and the message bases are gone.

    The older machine is 32 bit the new machine is 64 bit

    This is what I did.

    1. Installed windows 64 bit on the new machine
    2. Copied over all the 32 bit sbbs files to usb.
    3. Copied all the sbbs files from the usb (Old 32 bit SBBS files) over to the sbbs directory on the 64 bit machine.

    Both systems is using the same sbbs directory c:\users\phil\sbbs\

    It sounds like you didn't copy some of the data and configuration files: https://wiki.synchro.net/faq:misc#migration
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Plt on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 02:24:20
    Re: Issues witth moving the bbs files over
    By: Plt to Digitalman on Wed Mar 18 2026 12:34 am


    Hello

    Since my mother board did not want to load Windows 32 bit I am stuck using windows 64 bit. The bbs runs but the users, file areas, and the message bases > are gone.

    The older machine is 32 bit the new machine is 64 bit

    This is what I did.

    1. Installed windows 64 bit on the new machine
    2. Copied over all the 32 bit sbbs files to usb.
    3. Copied all the sbbs files from the usb (Old 32 bit SBBS files) over to the > sbbs directory on the 64 bit machine.

    Both systems is using the same sbbs directory c:\users\phil\sbbs\

    Sounds good. Keep us updated.

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Plt on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 09:39:54
    Plt wrote to Digitalman <=-

    Since my mother board did not want to load Windows 32 bit

    Mother boards don't "want" anything, nor do they decide what they're
    going to "load".

    I am stuck using windows 64 bit.

    Okay, so just like HUNDREDS of other sysops are doing.

    The bbs runs but the users, file areas, and the
    message bases are gone.

    See above regarding HUNDREDS of other sysops who don't have that
    problem. You made mistake(s) in your installation. The reason for that
    is that you don't read any instructions, and you don't follow the advice/directions that others give you. Over and over and over.

    I recommend that you go read the old Aesop's Fable called "The Boy Who
    Cried Wolf".



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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Gamgee on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 16:20:20
    Re: Re: Issues witth moving the bbs files over
    By: Gamgee to Plt on Wed Mar 18 2026 09:39 am

    I am stuck using windows 64 bit.

    Okay, so just like HUNDREDS of other sysops are doing.

    Are sysops 'stuck' with 64-bit Windows though? With enough RAM and drive space, a 32-bit edition of Windows could be run in a VM in such a setup, and DOS doors would be easier to set up with such a setup.

    Nightfox

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  • From Dan Clough@VERT to Nightfox on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 19:37:40
    Nightfox wrote to Gamgee <=-

    Re: Re: Issues witth moving the bbs files over
    By: Gamgee to Plt on Wed Mar 18 2026 09:39 am

    I am stuck using windows 64 bit.

    Okay, so just like HUNDREDS of other sysops are doing.

    Are sysops 'stuck' with 64-bit Windows though? With enough RAM and
    drive space, a 32-bit edition of Windows could be run in a VM in such a setup, and DOS doors would be easier to set up with such a setup.

    Yeah, absolutely... That was Phil's choice of words, and I was just responding to the idea that MANY other folks are able to run Win64
    without ANY of the self-induced problems that he has. It wasn't really directed at being stuck with that OS/ver, more so just the *HE* can't
    make it work.



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