I posted a Transfer Method for moving PFC files to
another Computer Forum for AOL 9 (Is marching on to 1900 hits
)
But what of the earlier versions? which I found to be very temperamental
with a better than 50-50 chance of getting it right
or losing them /crashing the browser
I found this which may be of help to the odd person that has not upgraded yet
(Top Tip! Get at least Version 8 ASAP) to a stable Version
NOTE: Version 8 and possibly 7? PFC files both transfer smoothly to Version 9 Have to do an upgrade using the AOL CD Select
"Upgrading my account on this Computer"(I think the wording is?) And Sign on as a Current Member
Cannot transfer the PFC files in as per my other posted Method (incompatible) converts them while upgrading
Quote from
this site Half way down page
quote:
FOR AOL MEMBERS
America Online Issues for 4.0, 5.0, 6.0,7.0 and 8.0:
Back up your Personal Filing Cabinet (PFC)
The PFC is a file that contains the address book (AOL 6.0 & 7.0 stores the address book on the AOL system, so it does not need to be backed up), Favorite Places, and Personal Filing Cabinet (PFC) information. If you make a copy of the PFC, and save it somewhere other than the AOL folder, you can always restore your Address Book and PFC should the originals develop any problems. You can also put a copy of the PFC on a disk and move it to a new computer. . Please click on this link for information on why making a back up is a good idea. Here's how you back up your PFC:
Please sign off from and close America Online. Reboot your computer, to be sure that no AOL files are running.
Then open the MY COMPUTER Icon on the desktop, then open the C:\ Drive Icon
Locate your America Online folder on the left side of the screen and double-click on it to open it (AOL 7.0 is located in the Programs Files Folder) . On the right hand side of the screen you'll see an Organize folder. Please double-click on that folder to open it. Inside that folder you will find your PFC files(s). Each PFC is simply a file named after one of your account screen names.
Locate the file that has the same name of the screen name (there may be several that have your screen name, select the one without the file extension) that you want to copy the PFC from and click once on that file to highlight it. Click on Edit at the top of the Explorer window and choose Copy. Now select Windows Desktop from the left side of screen by clicking on it once. Then right-click on the Windows Desktop icon and choose Paste from the menu. That will place a copy of the file on the desktop. You can also put a floppy disk in your A: drive, then right-click on the A: icon and choose Paste from the menu. This will put a backup copy on a disk, so you can keep it off the computer, or copy it to another computer if you like.
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