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ssahl · 06-18-2002, 07:36 AM

You can transfer files from the win98 hard drive, but you cant run the 98 OS on the new computer. You should setup the new computer with winXP on it first, then when you have it all setup, take the old drive with win98 on it & put it in the new computer (make sure the jumpers are set right, and you let the bios see the drive before you boot the computer) turn your computer on and you should see the newly connected drive as drive D:\ or E:\ something like that. Then just use windows explorer to transfer the files from the win98 drive to the winXP drive which should be drive C:\ you can use drag and drop, or better yet copy and paste. (right click on the file(s) you want to transfer then go to the C:\ drive and lets say you want them in my documents, then right click on the my documents folder and hit paste. Thats it. When your done just unhook the drive and you can put it back in the other computer, it will still work the same way it has always worked.

06-18-2002, 07:36 AM	#2
ssahl just a tech Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: central valley CA Posts: 1,409	You can transfer files from the win98 hard drive, but you cant run the 98 OS on the new computer. You should setup the new computer with winXP on it first, then when you have it all setup, take the old drive with win98 on it & put it in the new computer (make sure the jumpers are set right, and you let the bios see the drive before you boot the computer) turn your computer on and you should see the newly connected drive as drive D:\ or E:\ something like that. Then just use windows explorer to transfer the files from the win98 drive to the winXP drive which should be drive C:\ you can use drag and drop, or better yet copy and paste. (right click on the file(s) you want to transfer then go to the C:\ drive and lets say you want them in my documents, then right click on the my documents folder and hit paste. Thats it. When your done just unhook the drive and you can put it back in the other computer, it will still work the same way it has always worked.