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| 271962 | 2004-09-13 09:46:00 | A friend has a dying computer running Windows 95 with no USB ports or CD burner and only a dial-up internet connection. What are the options for transferring her files to the computer she bought today? | Shortstop (632) | ||
| 271963 | 2004-09-13 09:47:00 | Take the HDD out, set to a slave and put it in the new one. | godfather (25) | ||
| 271964 | 2004-09-13 10:30:00 | Godfather, thanks for the thought - beyond her and my competence I'm afraid. Cheers |
Shortstop (632) | ||
| 271965 | 2004-09-13 10:49:00 | You could fire a couple of network cards in and use a crossover cable but if you don't like the idea of swaping out the HDD you probably won't like that either plus, any fiddeling could be the end of the drive. If you don't want to try it yourselves, race it down to the nearest tech, it'll be all over in five minutes. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 271966 | 2004-09-13 10:56:00 | If its not the HDD thats "dying" in the old one, get the old HDD permanently fitted in the new one as a spare, access all your old files and just use it for "junk" to save clutter on the main one? As Murray says, its a 5 minute job for a tech. (well, 10 perhaps) |
godfather (25) | ||
| 271967 | 2004-09-13 11:09:00 | Whereabouts are you located? | Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 271968 | 2004-09-14 10:37:00 | After a lot of fun getting an ME laptop to network with an XP Desktop the thought of getting the ageing 95 to network with XP is rather daunting. A friend has offered to do the deed with the HDD so that's probably what will happen in the end. Thanks for your your help, all. | Shortstop (632) | ||
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