>>I have to convert a system using foxpro 2.5 (?) on CDOS. Is this compatible with MS-DOS? Can I just bring a laptop down and copy his harddrive or does CDOS use some special disk format that I won't be able to read? Thanks for any help on this old subject.
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>DR's Concurrent DOS is semi-compatible with FPDOS 2.5; you'll probably have much more success with Standard Edition than with Extended Edition, since as I recall there were significant differences in the EMS implementation for CDOS.
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>As to disk format, the system may either be using a FAT variant (arelative no brainer) or one of the CCPM-derived disk formats; I would not count on being able to mount his file system directly to you laptop, although you shouyld be able to move data file by file using some communications software if the worst happens. Don't count on being able to use LapLink or a similar utility, and don't count on having the necessary drivers for your laptop to participate in a CDOS-managed LAN environment.

Do you think if I put his Harddrive in another machine(Windows) that I would be able to copy the .DBF files from it to another Harddrive? Thanks for the help.

Marcus.