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This might sound confusing.
My daughter has a laptop that they put together from 3 lap tops.
Has a floppy drive and a new hard drive. She does have an external cd rom.
What we would like too know is how can she install a system from her son's computer (98')too the lap top.
The plug is a parallel printer port. Or is there another way too do it?
The new hard drive is clean nothing on it. But, she needs a system on it for the lap top too work.. It does boot up but only too dos. ?
She can't use the new cd rom, because there is no drivers or system on the hard drive too recognize it.LOL
Any ideas??
Thanks,
Kim Tx
Transferring an OS from one computer to another is never a very good idea. Even if you ignore any legal issues, the computers are totally different in what hardware they have and drivers needed. Plus, the hard drive may have been formatted with a totally different OS and if you copy 98 onto the drive, it still would not boot into 98 correctly.
Best bet would be to look for someone who's selling their original copy of Win 98se with it's boot floppy disk. I've even seen some in places like Salvation Army thrift stores and other second hand stores.
Yup. I agree with the above. Clean install onto the laptop and if there is stuff on the other harddrive that you really want to keep (ie files) then either burn them to cd and copy to the new harddrive. If you dont have a burner then take the old harddrive to your local computer tech person and see if they will slave the drive to one of his and he can burn them for you.
An easy way to transfer data files (since you do have your own domain), is to create a folder in your webspace, upload the files you want to transfer and then download them onto the new computer :)
An easy way to transfer data files (since you do have your own domain), is to create a folder in your webspace, upload the files you want to transfer and then download them onto the new computer :)Is this really the easier option? The files would have to be uploaded in chunks less than 1Gb and, at least on my system, would be very difficult to do as data is much more than 15Gb! Other options look good.
I would use USB2-to-ATA external box.
I can connect almost any IDE device, and it can be connected
to almost any USB equipped Desktop/Laptop and even some PDA.
There are models for 5 inch and 3.5 inch, but 3.5 inch disk can be
connected to 5 inch enclosure with an adapter.
I have both USB1 version and USB2 version, but USB2 version is
better for the speed and also for the compatibility.
I would use USB2-to-ATA external box.
I can connect almost any IDE device, and it can be connected
to almost any USB equipped Desktop/Laptop and even some PDA.
There are models for 5 inch and 3.5 inch, but 3.5 inch disk can be
connected to 5 inch enclosure with an adapter.
I have both USB1 version and USB2 version, but USB2 version is
better for the speed and also for the compatibility.I have a USB2/Firewire combo box - works great. It depends on the age of the laptop as early ones didn't have USB.
I have a USB2/Firewire combo box - works great. It depends on the age of the laptop as early ones didn't have USB.
Yeah. I have parallel-ATA external box for that.
I used it a lot with DOS, Win3.1, and Win95.
Connecting via Lan, parallel, IR, or even serial do the job, too.
I still have old laplink cable, but never used them for several years.
Probably I will never use it again, since oldest computer of mine has Lan card in it.
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