how can I transfer data from a laptop (win98) with floppy drive to new laptop (winxp) with disc drive?

Answer 1

thumb / flash drive for small data
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_tlc.asp?CatId=379
$ 15 for a 1 gb drive

external usb 2.0 hard drive for large data
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1538960&CatId=136
$ 70 for a 250 gb hard drive

now, upto you to decide > you know volumes best !

also, these usb 2.0 devices are backward compatible to the usb 1.1 on the win 98 laptop

Answer 2

If you have a small amount of data you want to move, go ahead and do this.
1. Make sure you are saving this is the right file format, by using the save as command.
2. Drag and drop information onto A drive from w98 computer.
3. Insert it in XP computer and go. HOWEVER, there are some catches! There are 2 possible file systems for the W98 (FAT 16 and Fat 32)computer and 2 possible for the XP (Fat32 and NTFS)! If both computers are the same, you are good. You may have trouble, tho if they are different. If one computer is Fat 16, then you might try converting it to Fat 32.

Answer 3

You can
use a flash stick If the data is not much ie under 2GB or
use an external hard drive connected via USB that has the capacity to copy all ur info or
use an external CD burner also connected via USB and burn ur info on it

Answer 4

Yep, i'd definitely use a flash drive. I'm sure both machines have a usb port. Sometimes flash drives are also called jump drives, thumb drives, memory stick, etc etc., but it's all the same thing.

Answer 5

If both have a usb connection, you should be able to use a flash drive.

Answer 6

try using a flash drive

Answer 7

After you have transferred your files to the new computer, install UBUNTU or XUBUNTU onyour old laptop.

Answer 8

u could buy a usb memory its nice