Re: For lack of a floppy drive and file transfer
From: Pavel (Atin90_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/16/04
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Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 10:22:13 -0700
The cheapest way would be to remove the hard drive from the Win98 machine,
plug it in to the machine with Windows XP and then you can just copy desired
files from one drive to another. If both machines have network card then you
can transfer these files directly from machine to machine using the network
(if you do not have Switch as part of your network then you may have to buy
a special cable that has couple of leads reversed and is used to connect two
PC's directly with such cable - about $6-$8 at a small neighborhood computer
store, much more at City/BestBuy.)
-- Pavel "Adam" <adam001forgetit@optonline.net> wrote in message news:2obvabF8u2puU1@uni-berlin.de... > Just got a new computer with WinXP. Need to migrate stuff from old > (Win98) to new. I think I have two problems. I) The XP doesn't have a > floppy drive, but does have a DVD/CD read/write drive. The Win 98 does > have a floppy and a CD read. Given these parameters, as I can't make a > floppy disk in the new computer, is there a way to make the transfer > media, or do I have to buy a cheap external floppy drive (USB type) for > the XP? 2) I don't have a Direct serial cable for the connections. Is > this a special cable or could you recommend where on my exisiting set up I > could "highjack" a cable to use? If I ahve to buy the cable, what should > I specifcally ask for...any idea what they should cost (Circuit City/Best > Buy...)? Thanks for your help. > Adam > > -- > To email, erase "forgetit"
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