Re: For lack of a floppy drive and file transfer
From: Ron Martell (ron_at_onlinehelp.bc.ca)
Date: 08/17/04
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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 04:47:34 GMT
Adam <adam001forgetit@optonline.net> wrote:
>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
Floppy drive will be away too small for the amount of data that you
probably need to transfer, especially if you want to use the Files And
Settings Transfer Wizard that comes with Windows XP
If your old computer does not have a network card (I assume the new
one does) buy a cheap one from your local computer store for under $20
and install it in the old machine. Also purchase a "crossover"
network cable to connect the two machines if you do not have a hub or
router already.
On the new machine create a FASTW disk using the CD Burner and then
use that CD in the Win98 machine to run FASTW and save the data to a
folder named \Transfer.
Install the network card in the old machine and configure the network
so that the hard drive on the old machine is shared on the network and
you can see it from the new machine.
Then run FASTW on the new machine and import the saved information
from the \Transfer folder on the old machine.
See Files and Settings Transfer Wizard by former MVP Gary Woodruff:
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm
Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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