Vista - Transferring data from Windows 98

I have a nine year old computer with Windows 98. Frustrated because tech
people locally can't find a way to transfer data to my new laptop with
Vista. The old computer has some windows files, excel files and money files
I would like to transfer along with my Outlook Express address book. I'm
not a techno person so need help. Any ideas?

kat wrote:I don't know why the local tech people can't transfer your data but
since you didn't tell us the reason they gave you, I can't guess. I
don't know what you mean by "windows files", but here are some ideas as
to how to get your data:

1. If this is Win98 Second Edition (and therefore supports USB) and the
machine has USB ports, use a USB thumb drive. Copy the files onto the
thumb drive and from there onto your laptop.

2. If USB isn't available, pull the old hard drive and put it in a USB
drive enclosure. Attach this to your laptop and copy the files to your
user directory on the laptop.

3. If the old computer has a CD-RW drive (it wouldn't have come with one
but perhaps you added one later), burn the files to CD-R (*not* to
CD-RW) and transfer the files that way.


Malke
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Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

"kat" wrote:
Hi kat

I have the same problem exactly.

The Geek Squad wants $100 dollars to transfer files wich seems excessive. I
bought a flash drive from them, but, the install program for the driver would
not run in 128 kb of ram. Apparently the driver was not intended for windows
98 anyway.

I imagine a USB plug in hard drive should work, the techies should have one,
or have access to a network drive. I don't have either, however.

I'm still looking for an available solution. If you find one please post it.

Good luck

Follow the instructions given on this web site. You may just get lucky..

http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php

--
Mike Hall - MVP
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx




"DickGreen" <DickGreen@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:01FD4A7A-AD5C-4001-9B55-1642AD6F8858@xxxxxx

Thankyou Mike

I used the first download site
http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php
and now my Geek Squad Flash Drive is working with windows 98 SE. After
running the downloaded exe file, I then had to install the driver using
device manager (which was not covered in the instuctions) but alles gut
maintenant.

Thanks again


"Mike Hall - MVP" wrote: