Transferring files from another PC?

G

gamefan72

I would like to get some old files from my previous PC to my new one.
I had been using an old Dell the last several years with Win 98. My
new PC is a Gateway w/ Win Vista. Is there an easy method out there
for getting files from my old PC to my new one (other than burning
them to disc on the old one)? I have a Cat 45 crossover cable, which
goes into the back of both computers. And, I have the FlashFXP
program on my old computer. But, I can't get the old computer to
detect my new one so that I can send it files. Is there an easy way
to do this? If so, can somebody give me a step-by step breakdown?
This kind of stuff is a little bit out of my league! Thank you!
 
M

Malke

I would like to get some old files from my previous PC to my new one.
I had been using an old Dell the last several years with Win 98. My
new PC is a Gateway w/ Win Vista. Is there an easy method out there
for getting files from my old PC to my new one (other than burning
them to disc on the old one)? I have a Cat 45 crossover cable, which
goes into the back of both computers. And, I have the FlashFXP
program on my old computer. But, I can't get the old computer to
detect my new one so that I can send it files. Is there an easy way
to do this? If so, can somebody give me a step-by step breakdown?
This kind of stuff is a little bit out of my league! Thank you!

Since you just have some files to transfer, the easiest ways are:

1. Use a USB flash drive with enough capacity to transfer the files.
Most of the major brands will have drivers for Win98 either on a CD that
comes with the drive or on their website. You need to install drivers
for USB flash drives for Win98 but not on Vista.

2. Use a CD burner if you have one on the Win98 box and burn the files
to CD-R (not CD-RW).

3. Last resort - pull the hard drive from the Win98 box and slave it in
the Vista machine or put it in a USB drive enclosure and attach it to
the Vista machine. Copy the files off.

This will be easier than setting up a network, especially because
networking between Vista and Win9x/ME is not supported and is very flaky.


Malke
 
B

Bill

I would like to get some old files from my previous PC to my new one.
I had been using an old Dell the last several years with Win 98. My
new PC is a Gateway w/ Win Vista. Is there an easy method out there
for getting files from my old PC to my new one (other than burning
them to disc on the old one)? I have a Cat 45 crossover cable, which
goes into the back of both computers. And, I have the FlashFXP
program on my old computer. But, I can't get the old computer to
detect my new one so that I can send it files. Is there an easy way
to do this? If so, can somebody give me a step-by step breakdown?
This kind of stuff is a little bit out of my league! Thank you!


Should work

http://www.usbfiletransfer.com/
 
H

HeyBub

Malke said:
This will be easier than setting up a network, especially because
networking between Vista and Win9x/ME is not supported and is very
flaky.

Huh? How, pray tell, can Vista determine the source of a packet coming over
a network?
 
M

Malke

HeyBub said:
Huh? How, pray tell, can Vista determine the source of a packet coming over
a network?

All I can tell you is the official word from MS is that Win9x/ME are not
supported with Windows Vista networking. It isn't anything to do with
packets; it's how the Vista networking protocol, TCP/IP stack,
authentication, etc. are done. I'm not a programmer so I don't know the
ins and outs of how this part of the operating system was written. I'm
not saying it can't be done, although I haven't tried it (my Windows
machines are running XP and Vista and I don't care if the Win95/98
virtual machines network with Vista or not). If you do some searching in
the microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing group you'll find
quite a few problems sharing files between the older OS's and Vista.

Since the OP only has some files s/he wants to transfer, I was
suggesting that rather than going through a possibly tortuous experience
in setting up a LAN there were easier, quicker ways of doing it.


Malke
 
H

HeyBub

Malke said:
All I can tell you is the official word from MS is that Win9x/ME are
not supported with Windows Vista networking. It isn't anything to do
with packets; it's how the Vista networking protocol, TCP/IP stack,
authentication, etc. are done. I'm not a programmer so I don't know
the ins and outs of how this part of the operating system was
written. I'm not saying it can't be done, although I haven't tried it
(my Windows machines are running XP and Vista and I don't care if the
Win95/98 virtual machines network with Vista or not). If you do some
searching in the microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
group you'll find quite a few problems sharing files between the
older OS's and Vista.
Since the OP only has some files s/he wants to transfer, I was
suggesting that rather than going through a possibly tortuous
experience in setting up a LAN there were easier, quicker ways of
doing it.

Ah, okay. In this shop, we've got all manner of machines on the network:
Vista, XP, Win98, Win98SE, W2K, Win95, and (believe it or not) DOS 6 running
Windows For Workgroups Add-On for MS-DOS). They all seem to talk to each
other quite properly. (The reason we have so many is that our customers use
a variety of OSs and we have to make sure our software runs on various
operating systems.)

Via the internet, God knows what operating systems we talk to!
 
M

Malke

HeyBub said:
Ah, okay. In this shop, we've got all manner of machines on the network:
Vista, XP, Win98, Win98SE, W2K, Win95, and (believe it or not) DOS 6 running
Windows For Workgroups Add-On for MS-DOS). They all seem to talk to each
other quite properly. (The reason we have so many is that our customers use
a variety of OSs and we have to make sure our software runs on various
operating systems.)

Via the internet, God knows what operating systems we talk to!

Yes, but the OP isn't a tech and I gathered from his/her original post
that this was a one-time thing. Certainly s/he could try setting up a
network if this was to be a permanent situation.

I hope my reasons for posting what I did are now clear and don't require
any further discussion unless the OP comes back with questions.


Malke
 

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