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36602	2002-02-21 23:44:00	I have an old computer IBM 425sx/si which has Windows 3.1 I am wanting to update it with Wind 95 or 98 but it does not have a CDROM and my Wind prog did not come with floppy disks. Question: Is there any way I can transfer an updated version apart from trans with floppys (it needs 96 of them) from my new computer to the old connecting the two of them via an umbilical cord.	Guest (0)
36603	2002-02-22 00:17:00	Just hook the cdrom up to the old computer until you have finished installing the new OS. Or get the correct parallel cable, and direct connect them through the parallel ports. Copy the Win95 or Win98 folder to the old computer, and run setup from there. Or network them with two network cards and a cross over cable. PS. Win95 comes on 13 floppys.	Guest (0)
36604	2002-02-22 00:29:00	Or take the HDD out of the old computer, set the jumper to slave, and put it in the new computer. Then you can format it, and copy the Win95 or Win98 folder to it. Put it back in the old computer as master again, bootup with a startup disk in a drive, at the dos prompt, navigate to the folder and run setup.	Guest (0)
36605	2002-02-22 00:59:00	Would just advise not to install it by taking the hard drive out. Although this would seem like a good idea, it isn't. You would first have to make sure that the hard drive parameters were set to normal as you have an old PC. You would then install the OS which would install the drivers for your new machine and not your old one, also it may not find some of the new drivers on that computer. You are better off doing a DCC connection between both computers using InterLink Client and Server, it's the only DCC program on Win3.1x. I am unsure of how to set it up but you have to get InterLink to start before Windows does and you'll need the client to be on the Win3.1x computer and the server on your other PC. To do a DCC connection you'll need a 25 pin female parallel cable. Both ends are female. You'll also have to make sure that your LPT ports support bi-directional. Setting them to either ECP or EPP in the BIOS will make them bi-directional. I *doubt* that Win3.1x would have the correct CD ROM drivers to get your CD ROM going but it could work.	Guest (0)
36606	2002-02-22 01:04:00	You'll probably be better off with W95.You will want at least 16MB for that. Even then, I'd want a DX2-66 for reasonable performance. Shifting the HD is the better approach. You will always want to have the WIN95 directory there for the reinstalls. Don't be tempted to 'install' it on that disk on the new machine ... that is very definitely a Bad Idea. Just xcopy the WIN95 directory and its contents (a number of .CAB files, and some files used in the installlation)from the CD to the HDD. If you want to use the parallel port for transfer, the 'proper' cable is a 'Lap-Link' type cable. Not a 25 way DB25M-DB25M, nor a null-modem; nothing else will work for the parallel ports.	Guest (0)
36607	2002-02-22 01:12:00	I am sure I never bought a Laplink cable. Just an ordinary parallel cable. Maybe I should reveal the wires and see how they connect but I am certain it was a plain parallel cable. Can't remember where I bought it maybe DSE but it worked fine.	Guest (0)
36608	2002-02-22 01:14:00	Oops realised I got the connections wrong. I meant 25 pin male.	Guest (0)
36609	2002-02-22 04:30:00	After all that advice you may well find that the hard drive is too small anyway :( As Graham says, the sure fire method if the drive is big enough, is to copy the win95 folder with all its cab files to the 486sx25 drive set as slave hooked up to your new computer. Definitely the easiest way. You need a 540MB drive, if smaller you will run out of head room. You have to keep that win95 folder on the drive as it will be needed from time to time in lieu of the CD. Hope you have patience to watch Windows slowly grind away on such a set-up :)	Guest (0)
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