windows 98 and windows xp compatibility

[Ed]

I recently bought a new computer with windows xp - home
edition. Before this I had a computer with windows 98
and had moved all of my documents onto a cd-rw. Now that
i try to open the cd with my new computer, it shows the
only thing on the cd is something called 'autorun'. Is
there anything i can download to make the cd-rw
compatible with my new windows system so that i can
recover all of my documents, or are they lost forever?
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

I would hazard a guess that the CD was written using packet writing
software. WinXP's ability to read these is hit & miss, and it looks like you
missed. The solution is to install the same program into the WinXP system as
was used to create them on the Win98 system. Rather than spend the money,
I'd first try taking the disk to a friend's house and trying to access the
files from a different machine, then have him/her email them to you.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Michael Stevens]

I recently bought a new computer with windows xp - home
edition. Before this I had a computer with windows 98
and had moved all of my documents onto a cd-rw. Now that
i try to open the cd with my new computer, it shows the
only thing on the cd is something called 'autorun'. Is
there anything i can download to make the cd-rw
compatible with my new windows system so that i can
recover all of my documents, or are they lost forever?
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

You will need to install the equilivent, application you used to create the
original on XP, or extract the files to a compatilbe media you can restore
to XP.
It sounds like you have the restore files on a CD-R- CD-RW disk formatted
for packet writing. XP does not have the ability [or life support options ]
to reverse the outcome of the 19,000,000,000
Good Luck on your endover

 

[Ron Martell]

I recently bought a new computer with windows xp - home
edition. Before this I had a computer with windows 98
and had moved all of my documents onto a cd-rw. Now that
i try to open the cd with my new computer, it shows the
only thing on the cd is something called 'autorun'. Is
there anything i can download to make the cd-rw
compatible with my new windows system so that i can
recover all of my documents, or are they lost forever?
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

Do you still have the Windows 98 machine? If so then try using a CDR
disk instead of a CDRW.

CDRW disks use a packet writing program, of which there are several,
and often disks written by one packet writing program cannot be
reliably read by a computer running a different packet writing
program. And they are unreadable in any computer that does not have
packet writing or packet reading software installed.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

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