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How would you transfer these files?

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So, we are in the process of upgrading our office computers from ancient Siemens PII-400 machines running Win98 to fancy new DELL machines running WinXP PRO. About half of the machines have been replaced successfully thus far (4) and so far the old machines have survived until replacement...until today.

Found out yesterday that one machine would not boot into Windows, giving a "Windows Schutzfehler" or Windows Protection Fault during bootup. (Remember, I work for the German government). The best I could do was "Abgesichter Modus" or Safe Mode, until this morning. I figured out how to edit the MSDOS.SYS file to at least allow "Abgesichter Modus mit Netzwerk" or Safe Mode with Network Support. That in and of itself was a challenge, using a German keyboard whose "~" and "\" keys require STRG+ALT (CTRL+ALT) activation; I thought it funny that the German version of MS-DOS does not accept those added inputs from a German keyboard to produce those keys. Imagine using MS-DOS without those two??? Anyway, the file was edited, and now I am into Safe Mode with Network support. Except, there is no network support. Those drivers too have been deactivated and they can't be installed in this mode.

So here is my dilema: No burner, no network connection, and 183MB of files to backup with ONLY one 1.4MB floppy drive to do the work. Of course, I can't use the 1GB USB stick we have since that too requires drivers in Win98. (Windows won't take those drivers downloaded from Kingston's web site.)

So, am I stuck transferring 183 megs with some 131 floppies, or do I have some other option that I have not yet considered?

BTW, IT is not my real job here. It's just an added bonus for my employer. Meanwhile, the real program I manage is not being attended to!
 
Take the hard drive out of the old computer and install it as a second drive on the new computer. Then you can just copy the files over.
 
Originally posted by: Tifababy
Take the hard drive out of the old computer and install it as a second drive on the new computer. Then you can just copy the files over.
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That would be my suggestion...
 
I'd hunt down a copy of "Arj" and make 5,000 360k floppy disks.

Or I'd just move the HD, one of the two... 😛
 
Originally posted by: Tifababy
Take the hard drive out of the old computer and install it as a second drive on the new computer. Then you can just copy the files over.
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Bingo
 
Netzwerk, eh? You know what I think, I think that leetspeak was invented by a german kid.

yeah, whenever I'm backing stuff from an old machine to a new one, I just physically put the old HDD in the new machine (and leave it there, if the old machine isn't going to be used anymore).
 
For some reason I was so pissed off that I couldn't use the intranet to xfer files that I totally forgot about slaving the drive to another machine.

In the end, ATOT pulled through...as usual.
 
I would think that the move-the-HDD idea is the best. That's what I do when I get a new computer at home. Anyway it shows how stressed-out you are there, not having thought of it yourself. :Q Glad it's going to work out for you!
 
I know you've already found the most feasible solution, but another consideration: If you can find an old copy of Laplink (the version that fits on a disk) you can transfer over a serial cable. It's easy, but it would take a long damn time. I used to use this method when I was either too lazy to take out the drive, or couldn't due to it being in a laptop and being without the adapter.
 
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