new computer/new OS

[AmericanBiznatch]

hello,
i have only been a member of these forums for a short while but already i've recieved so much help. thank you to everyone who has replied to me.
i am building a new computer to bring with me to college. right now i have an old hand-me-down gateway running windows 98SE.
when i build the new computer i plan to purchase windows XP. i want to transfer the contents of the small drive on this computer to the larger one that i am buying. i obviously want the new drive to be the master in the new comptuer, but i want to put this old one in there as well. people have already told me how to transfer drive contents, but i am little confused as to what will happen with my OS. in the end i want to have the contents of my old drive on the new one, running XP. could someone please outline the procedure for me in layman's terms?...i'm still quite new to this.
thank you.

[ssahl]

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.

[fatboyjim]

That's the perfect explanation of what to do

Good luck and please post any further problems or questions you have here

Jim

[homer15]

and good luck in college, too. i think you'll find xp to be a whole lot better than 98se. like jim said, questions is what we're all about.

[fatboyjim]

Spot on homer, although I would have gone for Windows 2000 for a new PC

If you buy a PC nowadays it comes with XP... but why? I don't like it so therefore nobody else should be allowed to.

Sorry, but that's how I feel :)

Good luck with college, and yuck, XP :P

[homer15]

Originally posted by fatboyjim
Spot on homer, although I would have gone for Windows 2000 for a new PC

If you buy a PC nowadays it comes with XP... but why? I don't like it so therefore nobody else should be allowed to.

Sorry, but that's how I feel :)

Good luck with college, and yuck, XP :P


haha, i don't like fords but for some reason that darn company keeps churning out cars every year. geez, when will they get the picture that my opinion counts?

[fatboyjim]

You don't like Fords? Well I do, that's why they keep churning the cars out. They know my opinion counts :D

Stand up and be counted

[AmericanBiznatch]

thank you everybody. i just ordered parts today. so i am sure i will be back here when i actually begin building. i already ordered XP, but just out of curiosity, why do you prefer 2000?

[fatboyjim]

Oh, I just think XP is a little too 'fluffy'. Massive buttons (it's not an Operating System you would load up to look intelligent :))

It also has a lot of spyware installed by MS by default.

And you can't set File Security options quite so easily (I haven't been able to do it yet, until I formatted and put Windows 2000 on :D)

Try it and see what you think, Thanks,

Jim

[DilLy]

You don't have to use the XP themes in Windows XP. THere is an option for the classic look, which still looks better than older versions.

Yes there is spyware but that is easily deleted or turned off.
You may have quirks, as with every OS out there, but I highly prefer XP.

[fatboyjim]

And it uses about 150 megs of RAM to bootup (or something ridiculous)

And what about the file security?

Jim

[Tuf]

XP Pro on NTFS is every bit as secure as 2000. XP is a little frendlier and supports more hardware. It runs a greater diversity of software with no issues. XP is really just a more advanced 2000. I don't personally care for the "eye candy" and have it turned off. It looks just about like 2000 maybe a little modernized. While I liked 2000 I think XP is better, at least for me.

[fatboyjim]

How do you enable the security options in XP please? I mean so I change the options in Administrator so the user "Johnny" can't see my folders - "Access is denied"?


And what about the Raw Socket being exposed to all users and their programs in XP?

Jim

[Tuf]

This answer I'm sure is not the only way but is what I do. Simply right click the floder and select sharing and security. Two things though these folders have to be listed in your profile and settings folder. So basically anything that is listed or anything that is tied to My Documents Folder. I have been told if it is listed in the shared folders folder you can hide it there as well. Seems strange you have to share it first to not share it. Your drive must NTFS as well this won't work on FAT partitions.

[fatboyjim]

and about the Raw Socket...?

Having to drag anything you want to share (and not share) into a Shared Documents folder? Why can't you simply right click on the folder and set Security options from there?

I'll tell you why, even with XP Pro you're treated as a child who knows nothing. Are you sure? Are you really sure? etc. You cannot set proper options

It seems silly and strange yes, because it is :)

I think we'll have to agree to differ on this because this 'argument' is going nowhere :D