OK. I HAVE TWO COMPUTERS, ONE IS ABOUT 5-6 YRS OLD, MAYBE OLDER, MY OTHER COMPUTER IS BRAND NEW. ANYWAY, WHILE TRYING TO COPY A FILE FROM ONE COMPUTER TO THE OTHER(VIA A FLOPPY DISK), I DISCOVERED THAT MY NEW COMPUTER HAS NO DRIVE FOR THE FLOPPY DISK. I REALLY WANT THOSE FILES TO BE ON MY NEWER COMPUTER. I THINK YOU CAN COPY FILES VIA A CD-ROM, BUT I DONT KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY IDEAS/SUGGESTIONS/ANSWERS FOR ME? I'D BE EXTREMELY HAPPY. AND NO, ITS NOT PORN!
2006-09-30 13:38:30 · 13 answers · asked by Mike 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
ok, my old computer wont let me access the internet cuz its bein a *****. if any1 has a detailed explanation on how to do this with either a digital camera, or usb port, or whatever, my email is getready2dye@yahoo.com, so please email me about it cuz I DONT KNOW WHAT IM DOING
2006-09-30 14:07:31 · update #1
Do you have a digital camera or MP3 player? Either can be used as a temporary storage device provided both computers have a USB port. My daughter used her camera this way to resurrect a computer just a short time ago!
2006-09-30 13:50:22 · answer #1 · answered by Warren914 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard that the new computers do not have a floppy drive. I think it probably has a place for one and they are really not very expensive.
Another thing you can do is buy a flash drive. If your old pc has a usb port then you can copy all your files to that and then copy them from that into your new pc.
The only other suggestion would be to have a pc repairman take out the hard drive in your old pc and install it in your new one. I think there is a place for at least two drives. I have my old drive in my new pc and it's almost 3 years old. When you don't need it anymore you can reformat it and just use it for saving document files.
Hope that helps.
2006-09-30 13:45:15 · answer #2 · answered by phy333 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, find your Caps Lock key, and press it once.
You didn't mention what version of Windows is on your old computer. In you have XP and a CD/RW you can simply drag and drop files to your optical drive, insert a blank cd, right click the drive and select the option to burn the files to disc.
Failing that, you could remove the HD from your old computer, set its jumper to Slave mode, and install it as a secondary HD in your new computer giving you access to the entire drive.
2006-09-30 13:42:58 · answer #3 · answered by Goffik 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could network the two computers together (either via a router & two ethernet cables,or a wireless connection between the two
2006-09-30 13:49:00 · answer #4 · answered by shortcut 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do you have dat file capability if so you can put all files on that on dvd you have 4.3 gig of storage on cd you have 80 gig try that if you do not have dat file software go to zd net and look for free dat software its there good luck you can also buy two network card and network the two computers together
2006-09-30 13:49:29 · answer #5 · answered by spooky169 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the files are small enough, email them to yourself as attachments and get your email on the new computer and save the attachments.
2006-09-30 13:43:52 · answer #6 · answered by trudy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
USB Flash Drive?
2006-09-30 13:48:32 · answer #7 · answered by Joe P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If both systems have XP, you can by a transfer cable and hook both computers to each other. Then you can use the file transfer wizard to move your files.
2006-09-30 13:50:45 · answer #8 · answered by jeffrey m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do u have a router then it can be done where fast By Network connect If u have a router and want to do it contact me at singhgagand1@yahoo.com
2006-09-30 13:45:56 · answer #9 · answered by Best Helper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can buy external floopy drive at best buy, circuit city, place s like that.I have seen them on ebay too
They are cheaper on ebay, that where I got mine
2006-09-30 13:41:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋