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| Thread ID: 77235 | 2007-03-03 03:50:00 | Transfering files from Win 95 to Win XP via external hard drive | Chris Gardner (11949) | Press F1 |
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| 529628 | 2007-03-03 03:50:00 | I'm trying to transfer the files from a 1998 laptop, running Win 95 B, to an external hard drive and then onto a Win XP capable machine. The only problem is that the laptop is not recognising the USB 2 hard drive I am plugging in to it. The Win XP machine recognises it without any problems. Nowhere can I find a device driver. Does anybody have any suggestions? The laptop has a floppy drive and CD reader but no writer, limiting my options. | Chris Gardner (11949) | ||
| 529629 | 2007-03-03 04:08:00 | You'll need 98/98 SE + to use USB 2. I doubt there are drivers for Win 95b. if there are, they'll be pretty flaky. And limited support for USB. You may have to connect them with an ethernet cable. Or some other way. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 529630 | 2007-03-03 04:25:00 | Welcome to PressF1 Chris Gardner :) | stu161204 (123) | ||
| 529631 | 2007-03-03 05:58:00 | Windows 95 (any flavour) does not and never has supported USB, and it's not possible to add USB support. As Speedy said, ethernet is the best solution. Failing that, try using Direct Cable Connection - every version of Windows since 3.1 supports it. Note that a parallel connection will run at about 4MBits/sec, whereas a serial one won't reliably go faster than about 0.25MBits.sec. Alternatively, pull the HDD out of the laptop and stick it in the USB caddy (assuming it's a notebook drive caddy). Then it should just appear as a standard USB mass storage device to XP. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 529632 | 2007-03-03 08:57:00 | Windows 95 (any flavour) does not and never has supported USB, and it's not possible to add USB support. I beg to differ - I have a copy of Windows 95 that clearly says "With USB support" on the CD. |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 529633 | 2007-03-03 09:27:00 | Try looking here for Win95 USB (www.usbman.com) help :) | davehartley (3487) | ||
| 529634 | 2007-03-03 17:56:00 | I beg to differ - I have a copy of Windows 95 that clearly says "With USB support" on the CD. It may say USB it doesn't mean USB 2 will work with it. Altho as stated here (support.microsoft.com) It says OEM versions of 95 support USB, I would say it means 1.1 not USB 2. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 529635 | 2007-03-03 21:34:00 | :o I concede defeat - I was under the impression that no flavour supported it but it appears I was wrong. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 529636 | 2007-03-04 00:16:00 | :o I concede defeat - I was under the impression that no flavour supported it but it appears I was wrong. Well, you're mostly right ... only the last two service releases on '95 supported it, and even then it's a real pain in the *** to get going properly. Once I had Win98 2nd Edition, I never used '95 again. |
davehartley (3487) | ||
| 529637 | 2007-03-04 03:38:00 | How many MBs or Gigs of data are we talking here Chris? Will it fit on a CD? I trust that your installation of XP is not using NTFS file system. Something like XXCopy (www.xxcopy.com) may get over that though. Dave USB Man (http://www.usbman.com/) is the best little usb info site on the web. :thumbs: |
Murray P (44) | ||
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