Guest Adrienne Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 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 Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 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 Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 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 Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 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 Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 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!!!
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