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Driver for PNY Thumb Drive
I bought a new PC with Vista. I want to copy files from my old Windows 98
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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I bought a HP Pavilion
I have broadband (Comcast) Thanks Again "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: 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 |
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"HP Pavilion" isn't enough. There are many HP Pavilions. I need the model
number, motherboard version if applicable, whatever you got, so that I can look up the specs and review the manual and diagrams, etc. If you have cable, you SHOULD!!! have a router with NAT. Anything less is like standing still in the middle of the street in the middle of a full running tank battle. You're bound to get hit, eventually. And since you almost certainly have that router built into your Comcast modem (unless it's quite old), you have a ready-built network. Just needs one more piece of hardware that I think you'll want to have, anyway, called a switch. What's the make and model of the cable modem? Is there room to plug in more than one computer? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "Joe" wrote in message ... I bought a HP Pavilion I have broadband (Comcast) Thanks Again "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: 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 |
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