how to xfer files win98 to xp by direct cable

[dejausenet]

A friend has a laptop with win98 (not second ed) and needs to transfer
some critical files to a newer xp laptop

Her usb port is not enabled as win98 does not support usb, so she can't
use a usb cd burner

appreciate any help, suggestions how to accomplish file transfer
effectively.

Tried to compress files (18 meg compressed) and send it via ftp or
email attachment.

Connection times out before xfer accomplished repeatedly.

please cc any reply to netcommuner at yaho0 dot com

TIA
tim

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

A friend has a laptop with win98 (not second ed) and needs to transfer
some critical files to a newer xp laptop

Her usb port is not enabled as win98 does not support usb, so she can't
use a usb cd burner

appreciate any help, suggestions how to accomplish file transfer
effectively.

Tried to compress files (18 meg compressed) and send it via ftp or
email attachment.

Connection times out before xfer accomplished repeatedly.

please cc any reply to netcommuner at yaho0 dot com

TIA
tim

Win98 SE supports USB.

The simplest method is probably to compress her files into
18 separate .zip files and send one file at a time by EMail.

There is an overall issue here. Your friend does not appear
to believe in backing up her important files regularly. Sooner
or later she will face a disaster - this newsgroup deals with
them regularly. A 2.5" hard disk in an external USB case
would be low-cost but highly effective backup medium.

 

[Howard Kainz]

If there are serial ports on both computers, you can use the "file and
settings transfer wizard" in XP to transfer files through a "null modem"
cable.
hpk

 

[YZ]

A friend has a laptop with win98 (not second ed) and needs to transfer
some critical files to a newer xp laptop

Her usb port is not enabled as win98 does not support usb, so she can't
use a usb cd burner

appreciate any help, suggestions how to accomplish file transfer
effectively.

Tried to compress files (18 meg compressed) and send it via ftp or
email attachment.

Connection times out before xfer accomplished repeatedly.

please cc any reply to netcommuner at yaho0 dot com

TIA
tim

See the link below about using crossover cable:

http://www.makeitsimple.com/sections.php?artid=7

YZ

 

[MBI]

I had the same problem and used email attachments to Xfr files smaller
than 10M and found several no-charge web-based options that did the job
on those files larger than 10M. You just upload from the old 98
computer to the site and download from the site to the new XP machine.


One is www.streamload.com, but the 'FRE' service limits you to 100M of
downloads/month, 10M at a time.

Another is sendthisfile.com which can handle any size file and worked
quite well.

The last is www.storeandserve.com.

All are faily easy to use, but do read everything that
storeandserve.com tells you. Uploading large files can sometimes be a
little slow on sendthisfile.com, but it does get the job done.

Hope this helps.