Re: setting up a new XP computer
- From: M Fay <mfay48@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 01:49:33 GMT
AKleeger wrote:
Here's the situation:
we have two computers; one in win98SE (the old box) and one is WinXP home (the new box). We would like to transfer all the programs, files, emails, and other goodies from the old box to the new.
I have opened both cases, and attempted connecting the old harddrive to the IDE port on the new mainboard (the only way to do this was to disconnect the CDrom drive). When I do that, the new box will not complete the boot process to open windows. I have also attempted setting up the old hard drive as a slave to the new, and that doesn't work because the new drive is NOT an IDE drive and there is no visible way to connect them.
I've also attempted FASTWiz via serial ports without success.
I've also attempted crating a mini-network, peer-to-peer with a crossover cable, but the two boxes don't see each other.
If I'm not at wit's end, I'm at least half way there ...
From your description of the hard drive connections, it sounds as though the new box has a SATA drive, which is why the drives can't be master/slave. It is interesting that the boot process won't complete with the old drive connected to the CDROM IDE channel. Does it even get to the initial Windows logo screen? You may also double check the IDE connection on the old drive - be sure the colored edge (red, usually) is next to the power connector on the hard drive. I assume you did not disconnect the cable from the system board.
As for your crossover mini-network: 1.) Make them members of the same workgroup 2.) Use the same login name on the 98 box as the XP box has 3.) Assign an IP address on both: 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2
I recently configured an XP machine and a 98 machine to "see" each other by doing 1 and 2, since I already set them up on a router to share the broadband connection.
Good luck. .
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