Re: Migrating MySql from Debian to Windows

[Barry Galbraith]

> using something called Kron or Cron

Cron is the *nix job scheduler.
It will be running a shell script to backup the database and mail the compressed backup.

Windows' cron equivalent(!) is Task Scheduler. You find it in Control Panel | Administrative Tools. They both run jobs on a schedule and there the similarity ends.
If you want to automate backup and mailing on Windows, then Google is your friend. You'll need a vbscript to do the backup, and an SMTP server to mail it with. SMTP can be installed in WinXP from the same place you got IIS.
Implementation is well beyond the scope of this MySQL forum.

Good luck,
Barry.