Copy files over serial cable

From: Richie (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/28/04 

Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 05:30:32 -0700

Question have you right clicked on the folders on the
Win98 machine to share them, I am not absolutely sure how
this is done on OS98, but that should relase them for the
transfer. And if the XP machine is seeing the 98 machine
then from the XP machine try a simple drag and drop, use
the action select all to those you wish to move.

Lastly does your 98 machine have a CD burner? If so why
not just burn the data onto a disk and use the disk as a
transfer method?
>-----Original Message-----
>I've connected my old (Win 98) machine to my new (Win
XP) with a serial
>LapLink cable in order to copy files acorss. I've tried
the Transfer wizard
>several times but it aways errors as soon as it has
collected all the old
>files together.
>
>So then I thought I should be able to 'simply' set the
old files up for
>sharing, connect as a direct serial link and see the old
files listed from
>the new PC. All the help files imply that this should
work and the 2
>machines know they're connected, but I still can't see
the old
>files/folder/drives on the new machine.
>
>Any ideas?
>.
>

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