Re: Windows 98 files not showing in XP

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Hi Dave. I don't have a thumb drive. I do have a voice recorder and a couple
of mp3 players that I can save files to. Not sure if that would be considered
thumb drive. My 98 comp doesn't even have a USB port, but it does have a
Network connection and I bought a serial cable for that reason. However both
my brother and nephew who work with and build computers have never been able
to get it to work. They say the network card is no good. Funny, but that card
worked when my brother had that computer. I think they just don't take the
time to figure out why it's not working. They don't come here often, but when
they do, they are always in a rush. I appreciate the time you are taking to
help me out. As for the dial-up connection, I should have put the 98 hard
drive back in it's original case months ago. I've been paying for that
dial-up for months now for nothing. Only $10 a month, but a waste of money.

"Lil' Dave" wrote:

If such a problem I described exists, the files that do show up and copy may
be internally corrupt slightly. Like a picture being a bit off, like that.

Try a USB thumb drive. Will need a driver for 98, 98 Second Edition may be
okay without it. There's also the serial port interface, PC to PC. You'll
need a serial to serial port cable, not a printer cable. Slow, but faster
than dialup procedure via email or internet storage site.

If you have sizable pictures and so forth, feel your pain regarding dial-up
account.
Dave
"samysam1313" <samysam1313@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for that info Dave. Glad I'm not alone in this. I have pics and
music
I want to transfer to my new comp. and I can't do that if I can't even
open
the file. I also noticed that some pics and music mp3's will copy just
fine
and others won't.

Your comment on connecting pc to pc is just what I figured I have to do.
My
old comp doesn't have a connection for cable, so I kept my dial-up account
just for that purpose, figuring I'll have to transfer those files I can't
access by file transfer using Messenger or a file transfer program. A bit
of
a pain to have to put my old hard drive back into the old computer, but if
I
have to I have to. I'm just hoping the old computer and hard drive will
work
OK when I put the old drive back into the old case.

"Lil' Dave" wrote:

"samysam1313" <samysam1313@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a hard drive from a windows 98 computer that was installed into
an
external case. I can access most of the files on there with my XP
computer,
but some files do not open or show up when I browse the external drive.
Example. Some pictures and music files as well as others. I don't
understand
why one opens and not the other when both files were dwled from the
same
place. I dwnld a radio show that comes in 4 parts. Part one & 4 might
open
and 2 & 3 won't. I don't get it. The Compatibility option doesn't help
either. Thanks.


Have seen this in similar circumstances. Moving onboard ide or external
case, same results. Moving back same hard drive back to its home, no
problem viewing all files from the MS OS it operates with. Further
research
online, found may be due to minor differences in CHS interpretation of
the
hard drive by the onboard bios of one PC as compared to another. Both
PCs
set to auto for interpretation (external case does this without prompt),
lba
enabled. If that exists, and 98 is operating on the other PC, the only
way
to recover what you want is by LAN connection PC to PC.
Dave






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