tonton
December 7th 03, 01:41 AM
yes, that would work. Windows xp is able to read the file
systems used in Win95 or 98. You can make it as a slave
drive.
>-----Original Message-----
> I have a friend that's having a vaugue problem, his old
>reliable IBM 750 running 98 or 95 (yes, VAUGE) PC soak
>up water and cease running, due to suspected PSU
>failure.. The gent want's some files from his HD, and a
>fresh PSU doesn't seem to fit the bill (read proprietry
>hardware PSU ((odd connectors))) - so my first new
>thought is to throw the drive in as a slave to *this
PC* -
> but, I mumble to myself, as XP and 98 use different
>formattins, I hesitate to plug and pray... so am asking
>the (hopefully online) community; can I take an old, 95
>or 98 OS drive, and throw it on the IDE of the working
>computor thats running XP, with the goal of accesing
said
>drive, and retrieving and saving files?
> Hope to recieve a response soonest wizened
understanding
>ones.
> anticipatorily (sp)
> Nik
>.
>
systems used in Win95 or 98. You can make it as a slave
drive.
>-----Original Message-----
> I have a friend that's having a vaugue problem, his old
>reliable IBM 750 running 98 or 95 (yes, VAUGE) PC soak
>up water and cease running, due to suspected PSU
>failure.. The gent want's some files from his HD, and a
>fresh PSU doesn't seem to fit the bill (read proprietry
>hardware PSU ((odd connectors))) - so my first new
>thought is to throw the drive in as a slave to *this
PC* -
> but, I mumble to myself, as XP and 98 use different
>formattins, I hesitate to plug and pray... so am asking
>the (hopefully online) community; can I take an old, 95
>or 98 OS drive, and throw it on the IDE of the working
>computor thats running XP, with the goal of accesing
said
>drive, and retrieving and saving files?
> Hope to recieve a response soonest wizened
understanding
>ones.
> anticipatorily (sp)
> Nik
>.
>