Need help converting Win98 to Vista!!!

[Guest Adrienne]

I have Win98 loaded onto my current PC and need to transfer my files to my

new PC which has Vista. My PC does not recognize a USB flash drive to save my

old files, photos, etc...so how can I get all of my old files transferred??

Please help!!!! Thanks so much!!!

[Guest Ron Martell]

Re: Need help converting Win98 to Vista!!!

 

Adrienne <Adrienne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have Win98 loaded onto my current PC and need to transfer my files to my

>new PC which has Vista. My PC does not recognize a USB flash drive to save my

>old files, photos, etc...so how can I get all of my old files transferred??

>Please help!!!! Thanks so much!!!

 

 

1. Does your Windows 98 PC have a CD Burner drive? If so then use

it.

 

2. Go to the USB flash drive manufacturer's web site and download

their Windows 98 driver software and install it. (Note: The driver

may have come on a CD with the flash drive - check for that first.)

 

Good luck

 

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

--

Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2008)

On-Line Help Computer Service

http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

 

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference

has never been in bed with a mosquito."

[Guest Don Phillipson]

Re: Need help converting Win98 to Vista!!!

 

"Adrienne" <Adrienne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:DDB76FBE-5FEF-4334-B8DE-5933E154311C@microsoft.com...

> I have Win98 loaded onto my current PC and need to transfer my files to my

> new PC which has Vista. My PC does not recognize a USB flash drive to save

my

> old files, photos, etc...so how can I get all of my old files

transferred??

 

Various methods, depending on total file size (in Gb),

your skill with a screwdriver etc.

1. Has your your Win98 PC any USB sockets?

If so, you can instal Win98FE drivers for USB.v.1

or Win98SE drivers for USB.v.2. You should be

able to beg or borrow either a flashdrive or an

external (USB) hard drive: you can then copy

data files (or all files) onto the USB drive and

thence onto the Vista PC.

(Newest USB equipment may require drivers

unavailable for Win98, but anything marketed

before 2004 may meet your needs. You may

be able to buy a working older USB drive cheaply.)

2. Both PCs can be connected by an Ethernet

cable directly between their NIC jacks on the

back panel. (Google for setup instructions if needed.)

3. You may be able to remove the hard drive from

the Win98 PC and add it to the Vista PC as a second

drive. (Check Vista documentation first to ensure

this is worth trying.)

 

--

Don Phillipson

Carlsbad Springs

(Ottawa, Canada)

[Guest Bob Harris]

Re: Need help converting Win98 to Vista!!!

 

If you have win98SE (second edition), then the odds are good that there is a

driver for the USB drive, available from the maker of the USB drive. If

plain 98, the odds are much poorer.

 

Other ways to move data:

 

(1) CD writer drive

(2) ZIP drive

(3) mount win98 hard drive inside the Vista PC

(4) mount win98 hard drive in a USB 2.0 enclosure (a small box available at

most PC stores and fairly cheaply), then plug into the Vista PC's USB port

(5) boot your 98 PC using a live LINUX CD. Such a CD does not install

anything onto the hard drive. Rather, it just runs LINUX directly from the

CD. Most LINUX distributions come with drivers for all sorts of USB things,

so it may recognize your pen drive. My favorite is KNOPPIX, but that is a

large download, about 700 Meg for the CD version (more for the DVD version).

Here are some links to live CDs and to KNOPPIX:

 

http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php

http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html

 

Note that nearly all live CDs come as ISO-type files. To make a CD, use an

option like "burn-from-image" in Nero or Easy CD Creator. The CD can be

burned on any PC, and then used on any other PC.

 

Note that modern LINUX distributions assume considerable RAM, a lot less

than Vista, but maybe more than 98. If you do not have at least 128 Meg of

RAM on the 98 PC, look for an older version of a LINUX live CD (e.g.,

KNOPPIX 4 instead of 5).

 

 

"Adrienne" <Adrienne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:DDB76FBE-5FEF-4334-B8DE-5933E154311C@microsoft.com...

>I have Win98 loaded onto my current PC and need to transfer my files to my

> new PC which has Vista. My PC does not recognize a USB flash drive to save

> my

> old files, photos, etc...so how can I get all of my old files

> transferred??

> Please help!!!! Thanks so much!!!

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: Need help converting Win98 to Vista!!!

 

Are you on Dial-up or do you have broadband networking. If broadband, do you

have a network router involved?

 

I just talked a lady through this method and had no problems. There are

tricks to use, however. Win98 and Vista have issues when networking, but if

you know the tricks, it's easy and preferable, particularly if the old

system isn't Win98 Second Edition, because the original edition of Win98 has

almost no USB support. And as for putting the old drive into the new box,

that can be tricky with these new machines.

 

What email application are you using on the Win98 machine? Outlook Express?

Outlook? Something else? What Address Book or Contacts, whatever? There are

special procedures for converting all that to Vista's Windows Mail and

Contacts format, though SP1 has made it easier.

 

So, take stock of what you have and please post back with more info. Do you

have a router? How is your old machine connected to the internet.

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://grystmill.com

 

"Adrienne" <Adrienne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:DDB76FBE-5FEF-4334-B8DE-5933E154311C@microsoft.com...

>I have Win98 loaded onto my current PC and need to transfer my files to my

> new PC which has Vista. My PC does not recognize a USB flash drive to save

> my

> old files, photos, etc...so how can I get all of my old files

> transferred??

> Please help!!!! Thanks so much!!!