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| Thread ID: 65179 | 2006-01-10 04:35:00 | Trasnferring Data and Settings From Windows 95 to Windows XP | matty3 (5363) | Press F1 |
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| 419634 | 2006-01-10 06:54:00 | I would have thought that win95 does have networking and networking the two computers would be an easy way. If you need a network card and are in wellington I can give you one (or three for that matter). You just need to wire the computers up using a cross over cable. Otherwise I would go for the null modem cable route. No Windows 95 doesn't have networking but you can put it in but I was meaning that I don't have a network card, but thanks for the offer but I'm in Christchurch :-( ~Matt |
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| 419635 | 2006-01-10 07:00:00 | Option 3. Did you buy some "brand" pc? Cause most sensible PC shops don't say any such rubbish about it voiding your warranty. Or Option 5 if you have to: www.dragonpc.co.nz They are as cheap as dirt... The ones in your link are 40-pins arn't they? ~Matt |
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| 419636 | 2006-01-10 23:53:00 | Null modem cables seem to be "discontinued" these days, explicitly so at GlobalPC . :D Dick Smith's probably sold off the last ones they had at $2 each some time ago . I've usually built my own . You could try Molten Media (www . molten . org . nz/index . html) . . . they're friendly and helpful . They might have one . Otherwise, they can certainly sell you a cheap Ethernet card, and (probablly) a crossover network cable . Ethernet is really the best way, though a serial transfer is still a reasonable thing, despite the howls of derisiion from those who have never seen paper tape . A USB adapter is all very well, but at $40 it's not all that useful afterwards . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 419637 | 2006-01-11 06:36:00 | I don't think anyone has mentioned yet using a parallel cable for Direct Cable Connection, it is faster and preferable in some ways to a serial connection. Win 95 and XP have DCC included. compnetworking.about.com support.microsoft.com Or even use PARCP joy.sophics.cz :) |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 419638 | 2006-01-12 02:28:00 | But you can't get the wood any more, Terry. Disk Smith's and GlobalPC (at least) definitely don't have the null modem serial cables any more. I bet they won't have the parallel LapLink cable either. It's all right for me and you, Terry, we can make our own. :D My preference would be a cheap Ethernet card and a crossover cable. What I have used a few times is a parallel port Ethernet adaptor and a DOS "Telnet/FTP server on a floppy". |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 419639 | 2006-01-12 03:26:00 | Null modem cables seem to be "discontinued" these days, explicitly so at GlobalPC . :D Dick Smith's probably sold off the last ones they had at $2 each some time ago . I've usually built my own . You could try Molten Media (www . molten . org . nz/index . html) . . . they're friendly and helpful . They might have one . Otherwise, they can certainly sell you a cheap Ethernet card, and (probablly) a crossover network cable . Ethernet is really the best way, though a serial transfer is still a reasonable thing, despite the howls of derisiion from those who have never seen paper tape . A USB adapter is all very well, but at $40 it's not all that useful afterwards . They are sort of discontinued because they said at DSE that they don't sell them anymore . See my next post . ~Matt :=) |
matty3 (5363) | ||
| 419640 | 2006-01-12 03:30:00 | But you can't get the wood any more, Terry . Disk Smith's and GlobalPC (at least) definitely don't have the null modem serial cables any more . I bet they won't have the parallel LapLink cable either . It's all right for me and you, Terry, we can make our own . :D My preference would be a cheap Ethernet card and a crossover cable . What I have used a few times is a parallel port Ethernet adaptor and a DOS "Telnet/FTP server on a floppy" . I don't think they sell parallel ones anymore . How do you make your own? I just get my stuff from Jaycar (http://www . jaycar . co . nz) they sell everything (nearly) :thumbs: ~Matt :=) |
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| 419641 | 2006-01-12 03:31:00 | Hello everybody, Its me back again about the serial cable. This time we have purchased the right null modem serial port cable and connected it and then the two computers find each other and then when the Windows 95 computer is collecting all the data to send to the newer computer a message comes up about it having run out of room for all the files????? Then when I just try to connect them normally (not using Files and Settings Transfer) it cant connect and neither the other way around having Windows XP as the host computer. The guys in the shops have said that it is quite tricky but has any one else ever done a serial cable transfer before because I need advice. Does anyone know of any good websites to help me? Should I revert to another option? Another option that I thought about is networking them together and I have done another post about this asking weither anyone has ever done this before and weither they can help me. (Note. That one of the computers is running Windows 95, but once upon a time at my school we did have a network of Windows 95 computers.) ~Matt :-) P.S. If I networked them together I would continue to use the network. |
matty3 (5363) | ||
| 419642 | 2006-01-12 03:56:00 | Rather than the XP wizard, have a look for "DCC" or "Direct Cable Connect" at the W95 end. The modern utility probably assumes you've got an immense disk at each end, so all the files can be gathered together. You might be able to tell it to do it a bit at a time. I'm a bit inclined to the Ethernet network approach. As I remember, the DCC way either works quickly and easily or it doesn't. ;) Give it a go, and if it doesn't, Molten Media do have cheap Ethernet cards (both ISA and PCI bus). |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 419643 | 2006-01-12 05:24:00 | Rather than the XP wizard, have a look for "DCC" or "Direct Cable Connect" at the W95 end. The modern utility probably assumes you've got an immense disk at each end, so all the files can be gathered together. You might be able to tell it to do it a bit at a time. I'm a bit inclined to the Ethernet network approach. As I remember, the DCC way either works quickly and easily or it doesn't. ;) Give it a go, and if it doesn't, Molten Media do have cheap Ethernet cards (both ISA and PCI bus). Oh I have tried that way and I cant find any settings that makes it just do a bit at a time. That's what I'm meaning about it not being able to send anything. ~Matt :=) |
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