Sirius, are you able to access a computer with a floppy drive? If so, it's starting to
look like a transfer via floppy and winzip to CD.
Another option depending upon how much you want the files is to get a floppy installed in
the new desktop (make sure it can read your floppies).
The old Windows machines required drivers to access flash drives - you may be able to
obtain one from the flash drive's manufacturer. I had to do that with an old Windows 98
computer to transfer to flash then to Windows XP.
K
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| Well, there is too much to email.
| Usb drive was read as cd-rom, but laptop would not write to it. Possibly
| lack of drivers.
| Cd burning software also incompatible.
| External hard drive not accessible, has data on it and ntfs format not
| recognized.
| The vista computer just does not want to talk to it.
|
| How do you install a laptop hd in a desktop?
|
| Thank you.
|
| | > On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:14:32 GMT, "Sirius" <
[email protected]>
| > wrote:
| >
| >> Hello Well Respected MVPs,
| >>
| >> How do I transfer old photos from a Win ME laptop to
| >> a desktop running Vista? Easy transfer says to go with
| >> Win 2000 and up. Will they network?
| >> This above mentioned laptop does not have a cd burner, just reads them
| >> and
| >> only has a floppy drive.
| >> New desktop has no floppy drive.
| >
| >
| > There are several choices. Here are a few ways:
| >
| > 1. E-mail the data from the old machine and read it on the new one.
| >
| > 2. Network the two machines and transfer the data over the network.
| >
| > 3. Remove the drive from the old computer and install it temporarily
| > (or even permanently) in the new computer.
| >
| > 4. Use floppies and span the larger files over several diskettes using
| > a file splitting program (or any standard zip utility, which can also
| > do this). If the new desktop doesn't have a floppy drive, either buy
| > one (perhaps an external) or read the floppies on a friend's computer
| > and transfer them to another medium.
| >
| > 5. Copy the files to CDs. You can get an external CD drive if
| > necessary.
| >
| > 6. Copy the files to a USB thumb drive.
| >
| > Which of these is best for you depends on several things: how much
| > data you have to transfer, whether you plan to keep the old computer,
| > whether you are willing to spend a few dollars for a thumb drive if
| > you don't have one, etc.
| >
| > --
| > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
| > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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