Depends. What is the make/model of your new machine? USB isn't likely to
work for you with Original Flavor Win98. Chances are like 1000 to 1 against.
Best option, if it's available, is to temporarily insert your old HD into
the new machine and copy the contents to the new drive. But with a lot of
new machines, that isn't possible, because they have no way to connect
IDE/PATA drives. So, again, what make/model is the new machine and am I
right that you are on dial-up networking and not broadband? If there's no
LAN involved, then a cross-over ethernet cable (here's a Google collection
of resources -- http://tinyurl.com/6myr68) would be next cheapest solution,
but networking Win98 and Vista is no fun in the first place, and I've never
set up a network using a cross-over Ethernet cable and can't advise as to
how much more difficult that is. What you'll find, assuming you can get it
set up, is that while the Vista machine should be able to see and access
shares on the 98 machine, the reverse is not true unless you change settings
to less secure ones in the Vista machine. Thus, the way I migrate from Win98
to Vista is to share the entire C:\ drive (and all other HD partitions)
entirely, which then makes them entirely accessible from Vista.

My own choice would be to get an external hard drive enclosure (USB2 and/or
Firewire 400/800 and/or eSATA), put your old drive into that, hook it up to
the new machine, and copy over the contents, then disconnect and sort files
out later. You can then get a modern, large drive to go into the enclosure
and use it for a personal "briefcase" if you use home and work computers, or
for backup (in case you hadn't considered that wise idea yet.)

What kinds of files are you planning on migrating? What are you using for
email?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"Joe" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the help. I have Windows 98 Original. What type of cable should
I
be looking for?

Thanks Again

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

What version of 98 do you have? Original or Second Edition? If Second
Edition, there are probably drivers that can be found. But unless you
don't
have much personal data and other files you wish to keep, it's
inefficient.

Best way to transfer files is some kind of networking. Cross-over types,
using ethernet or USB (USB cross-over cables are popular these days, but
DO
NOT try to use any automatic file-transfer program that comes with the
cable, since it is not going to recognize Windows 98 storage practices
and
will leave things a mess.) Or get some free web storage space and
transfer
the files that way.

I just assisted another person in moving all her 98 files to Vista,
including mail and mail settings, etc. If you have any further questions,
feel free to ask.

Oh, and make sure you set up Vista properly, which is to say DO NOT use
it
day in and day out as an Administrator. Set up a barebones main
administrator account, then create yourself one or more personal User
accounts with standard limited permissions. It's counterintuitive, but
doing
so will actually make managing your Vista system much easier and still
keep
security in top-notch configuration. For more information on this, ask in
the Vista groups.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"Joe" wrote in message
...
I bought a new PC with Vista. I want to copy files from my old Windows
98
machine.

Is there a driver for this?

Is there a better way?

Thanks