Slap a $10 NIC in each pc and it will be a piece of cake or just get
yourself a USB stick.
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Regards,
Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
:
| Dave,
|
| Well all my efforts have failed so I'm bagging the whole idea and will
live
| with a PC that has Win2000 and another that has XP. No biggy at this point
| since it's a nightmare trying to simply transfer data between PCs.
|
| Thanks again. This session is over.
|
| Sal
|
| "Sal B" wrote:
|
| > Well, I determined that the old computer can use the new XP installation
disk
| > to run File & Transfer Wizard. I just needed to load the new disk into
the
| > old computer and select the Perform Additional Tasks, then Transfer
Files and
| > settings option when prompted by the disk. Now I'm just waiting for
both
| > computers to recognize each other via the serial cable connected to the
two.
| > I'll keep you posted.
| >
| > "Dave Patrick" wrote:
| >
| > > Then you'll need to burn them to CD-Rom or use some other backup media
since
| > > it appears the destination does not now exist.
| > >
| > > --
| > > Regards,
| > >
| > > Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
| > > Microsoft Certified Professional
| > > Microsoft MVP [Windows]
| > >
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
| > >
| > > "Sal B" wrote:
| > > | Thanks Dave,
| > > |
| > > | Well, unfortunately, it won't work. Per the File Transfer Wizard
(FTW) in
| > > | the WinXP computer, you need to launch FTW on both machines. Since
Win2000
| > > | doesn't have FTW loaded (old machine), I'm stuck not being able to
use
| > > that
| > > | approach. So, my question remains, what is the easiest way to do
this data
| > > | transfer between a Win2000 and WinXP computer? I have a serial to
serial
| > > | sheilded cable. Is there a way to just tell one computer to COPY or
MOVE
| > > the
| > > | files via the serial cable? I need to do this transfer of data
before
| > > | loading XP on the old machine. I don't have an external hard drive;
I do
| > > | have WinZIP; I don't have FTW on the old machine; I do on the new;
I'm
| > > outta
| > > | breath. Thanks!
| > >
| > >
| > >