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open windows 98 floppy with xp
I got a new computer which uses xp. I need to open
floppies created on the old computer with windows 98.When I try,I only get a dialog box that won't close. I see that others have had similar problems with zip files-I haven't tried any of them yet- it seems pointless at this stage. |
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open windows 98 floppy with xp
On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 09:03:18 -0800, bruce wrote:
I got a new computer which uses xp. I need to open floppies created on the old computer with windows 98.When I try,I only get a dialog box that won't close. I see that others have had similar problems with zip files-I haven't tried any of them yet- it seems pointless at this stage. Copy the zipped files to the hard drive. Then right click on the file and select Extract. If XP's built in zip/unzip program still cannot open these, you may want to install Winzip or another third party zip utility. -- Sharon F MS MVP - Windows XP Shell/User |
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open windows 98 floppy with xp
-----Original Message----- On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 09:03:18 -0800, bruce wrote: I got a new computer which uses xp. I need to open floppies created on the old computer with windows 98.When I try,I only get a dialog box that won't close. I see that others have had similar problems with zip files-I haven't tried any of them yet- it seems pointless at this stage. Copy the zipped files to the hard drive. Then right click on the file and select Extract. If XP's built in zip/unzip program still cannot open these, you may want to install Winzip or another third party zip utility. -- Sharon F MS MVP - Windows XP Shell/User . I tried. I can't copy any thing from the floppy to the hard drive. The a: drive indicator comes on and then it hums along forever without doing anything. |
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open windows 98 floppy with xp
On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 10:37:33 -0800, Bruce wrote:
I tried. I can't copy any thing from the floppy to the hard drive. The a: drive indicator comes on and then it hums along forever without doing anything. Sometimes floppy drives are aligned a bit differently and you can run into trouble reading disks created on another machine. Try this: Format a blank floppy on the XP machine. Take it to the old computer. Copy a zip file or any file to it. Bring the disk back over to the XP computer. Test to see if XP will now work with the copied file. -- Sharon F MS MVP - Windows XP Shell/User |
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open windows 98 floppy with xp
Sounds like the 'a' drives are not compatable.
Since its only 1.44 Meg If the old machine is still operating, read the file from the old 'a' drive email the file to yourself. Open the email on the new machine. Hemlock On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 10:37:33 -0800, "Bruce" wrote: -----Original Message----- On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 09:03:18 -0800, bruce wrote: I got a new computer which uses xp. I need to open floppies created on the old computer with windows 98.When I try,I only get a dialog box that won't close. I see that others have had similar problems with zip files-I haven't tried any of them yet- it seems pointless at this stage. Copy the zipped files to the hard drive. Then right click on the file and select Extract. If XP's built in zip/unzip program still cannot open these, you may want to install Winzip or another third party zip utility. -- Sharon F MS MVP - Windows XP Shell/User . I tried. I can't copy any thing from the floppy to the hard drive. The a: drive indicator comes on and then it hums along forever without doing anything. |
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open windows 98 floppy with xp
-----Original Message----- Sounds like the 'a' drives are not compatable. Since its only 1.44 Meg If the old machine is still operating, read the file from the old 'a' drive email the file to yourself. Open the email on the new machine. Hemlock On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 10:37:33 -0800, "Bruce" wrote: -----Original Message----- On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 09:03:18 -0800, bruce wrote: I got a new computer which uses xp. I need to open floppies created on the old computer with windows 98.When I try,I only get a dialog box that won't close. I see that others have had similar problems with zip files- I haven't tried any of them yet- it seems pointless at this stage. Copy the zipped files to the hard drive. Then right click on the file and select Extract. If XP's built in zip/unzip program still cannot open these, you may want to install Winzip or another third party zip utility. -- Sharon F MS MVP - Windows XP Shell/User . I tried. I can't copy any thing from the floppy to the hard drive. The a: drive indicator comes on and then it hums along forever without doing anything. . the e-mail technique worked for some files which were not compressed. the zip files could not be re-stored on my (a drive, something about "sector requested could not be found" - corrupted by previous attempts? |
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open windows 98 floppy with xp
"windows-delayed write failed"-- "unable to save all the
data"---"the data has been lost" BUT-i PRINTED A COPY OF THE DATA THAT WAS SAVED- AND THAT WAS THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT- NOTHING WAS MISSING. THE A; DRIVE IS STILL DOING A SLOW CONTINUOUS READ- BUT NOTHING LIKE THE SOUND I GOT FROM IT BEFORE -----Original Message----- -----Original Message----- Sounds like the 'a' drives are not compatable. Since its only 1.44 Meg If the old machine is still operating, read the file from the old 'a' drive email the file to yourself. Open the email on the new machine. Hemlock On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 10:37:33 -0800, "Bruce" wrote: -----Original Message----- On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 09:03:18 -0800, bruce wrote: I got a new computer which uses xp. I need to open floppies created on the old computer with windows 98.When I try,I only get a dialog box that won't close. I see that others have had similar problems with zip files- I haven't tried any of them yet- it seems pointless at this stage. Copy the zipped files to the hard drive. Then right click on the file and select Extract. If XP's built in zip/unzip program still cannot open these, you may want to install Winzip or another third party zip utility. -- Sharon F MS MVP - Windows XP Shell/User . I tried. I can't copy any thing from the floppy to the hard drive. The a: drive indicator comes on and then it hums along forever without doing anything. . the e-mail technique worked for some files which were not compressed. the zip files could not be re-stored on my (a drive, something about "sector requested could not be found" - corrupted by previous attempts? . |
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open windows 98 floppy with xp
On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 19:38:27 -0800,
wrote: "windows-delayed write failed"-- "unable to save all the data"---"the data has been lost" BUT-i PRINTED A COPY OF THE DATA THAT WAS SAVED- AND THAT WAS THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT- NOTHING WAS MISSING. THE A; DRIVE IS STILL DOING A SLOW CONTINUOUS READ- BUT NOTHING LIKE THE SOUND I GOT FROM IT BEFORE Sounds like things are progressing in the right direction as far as your data is concerned. That new floppy drive sounds like it may be a little iffy though. I have had to replace more faulty floppy drives that were new, right-out-of-the-box than I ever thought possible. In days gone by these were reliable solutions for small file backups. Nowadays most computers don't ship with a floppy drive. Things to check: --Antivirus program set to scan A: drive. You do not want to boot the system with an infected floppy disk ever but unless you use a lot of disks from outside sources, consider turning this off. --Clear Document History - this will in turn clear the history for Run as well. A shortcut to the A: drive in either of these locations can cause excessive reads of the floppy drive. A weakness in Windows that goes back at least to Win95. To do this: Taskbar & Start Menu Properties Start Menu page. Customize. Find the Clear button for the documents list and click. Exact position varies depending on what style of start menu you are using but once you're in the Customize area of Start page, you should find it. --If you installed this drive yourself and it is constantly being accessed (light always on), the cables are backwards. Correct them. --Work with that drive a little bit more. Try creating a boot disk and test to see if the boot disk works. If it doesn't work, the drive is faulty and should be returned. Reminder to clear Documents History again after working with the drive. Hope this helps. -- Sharon F MS MVP - Windows XP Shell/User |
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