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| 750394 | 2009-02-23 00:40:00 | [FONT="Arial"] I intend to replace my 9 yr old Gateway system running Windows 98 SE with a Dell system running Vista Home Premium. Can I use a flash drive to transfer data from a system with USB 1.1 ports to a system with USB 2.0 ports, or is there some other method which I can use. Any comments would be appreciated. |
JamieW (14641) | ||
| 750395 | 2009-02-23 00:45:00 | How much data do you want to transfer? Does the 98 machine have a LAN port? |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 750396 | 2009-02-23 00:51:00 | Hi JamieW, Its possible, but it'll be super-slow on the old system with USB1.1 :( As jwil1 mentioned, a LAN port would be great, setting up a network between the two of them. Or, if you're feeling adventurous then you could whip the Hard Drive out of your old machine and pop it into your new one temporarily while you do the transfer. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 750397 | 2009-02-23 01:51:00 | I would have thought a 9 yr old system would have minimal data and yes although copy will be slow on the olde system speed doesn't really matter does it for a one-off, keep it simple etc, why not use the flash drive and do something else on the Dell while its copying?? | Ofthesea (14129) | ||
| 750398 | 2009-02-23 02:14:00 | 98 will probably require drivers for the flash drive to be detected. | stormdragon (6013) | ||
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