I need to move saved documents and pictures from one computer to another without a floppydrive or the internet

Question

I have a 1998 HP pavilion computer with Windows 98 on it. It has a floppy drive and a CD drive. I have no way to make the internet work on my computer because I have DSL and my computer is jacked up in the inside and will not support it. ( this is not the problem )

My new laptop only has a CD drive only.

I need to get the saved documents from the old computer to the new computer without using the internet or a floppy drive. I went to the store and got DVD-R CD's, but my old computer says the device is not ready and will not let me save them.

What can I do?

thanks

I have a USB port, But when I put the USB memory stick in it does not work because it needs some sort of drivers that I do not have. It wants to search for them, but I do not have the internet

Answer 1

Assuming you don't have a router. you can upload your documents to your yahoo briefcase from the old computer. Then log on to the new laptop and get it from the briefcase.

Answer 2

I'm guessing your HP machine doesn't have a USB port? If it does not, then another solution may be to pull the hard drive from the old PC and put it into a Fantom Drive enclosure and then connect the Fantom drive to your Laptop via a USB. This is complicated but would do the trick. Or buy an external DVD burner and attached it the HP machine - but I like the external hard-drive solution better as you'll be able to repurpose the hardware later.

Answer 3

Option 1) Use a USB Flash Drive from Wal-Mart to copy your data between the two PCs (cost: $10 for flash drive)

Option 2) Take your computer apart, remove the hard drive, purchase a device such as this from Newegg to connect your old hard drive to your laptop and copy the files. Device: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812119017
Cost: ~$18, plus 1-4 days wait time for shipping.

Option 3) Contact me or another computer tech for a more detailed solution: [e-mail]

Answer 4

I know this problem way too well..... I did find that a thumb drive works great for this and they aren't all that expensive either.. i think i got mine fo $14.00 or less and it's a 32 mb... you can purchase some that hold more info.. but just save your docs on it and bring it to the other pc and transfer it. works like a floppy disk would generally

Answer 5

USB Memory Sticks, easiest thing to use, stores lots of information, and easily reusable over and over again

Answer 6

if you can connect your two computers with a LAN cable, they should be able to detect each other and you can transfer files that way.

Answer 7

if you have USB plug in you can use USB storage memory.