Connect Win98 -> XP. How?

[Carl]

I want to use the transfer wizard to movement setting from my old win98
machine to my new XP machine. The Microsoft advice page says to connect
the machines with a "null modem cable." The problem is that that I
can't find any such thing anywhere. Are there any alternatives?

ThanksCarl

 

[Grok]

Carl wrote:
| I want to use the transfer wizard to movement setting from my old win98
| machine to my new XP machine. The Microsoft advice page says to connect
| the machines with a "null modem cable." The problem is that that I
| can't find any such thing anywhere. Are there any alternatives?
|
| ThanksCarl

Funny terminology, because I'd use the term "crossover cable", which you
should easily be able to get at a computer shop, or make yourself even, out
of a regular RJ45 CAT5 networking cable:

[Crossover Cable (How-to build or purchase a crossover cable)]
http://www.gccprinters.com/support/doc/crossover.html

[How-to: Do it yourself Ethernet Crossover Cable]
http://www.makeitsimple.com/how-to/dyi_crossover.htm

[Ethernet crossover cable - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossover_cable

[Cables Crossover - Buy at cheap prices from the best stores at ...]
http://computing.kelkoo.co.uk/b/a/sbs/uk/compAccessory/type/Cable/name/crossover/110401.html

 

[Haggis]

I want to use the transfer wizard to movement setting from my old win98
machine to my new XP machine. The Microsoft advice page says to connect
the machines with a "null modem cable." The problem is that that I
can't find any such thing anywhere. Are there any alternatives?

ThanksCarl

if you are up to it ...save all your files and settings in a folder on the
"old" drive ...

remove it from the old machine ...set the drive to slave and put it in the
new machine ...

also , a crossover network cable can be used (or router/hub)