My friend has about 450MB of files that she wishes to save before replacing her old computer. They are all word documents. However, she does not appear to have a disc drive that burns discs, only one which plays them. Therefore a CD-R or CD-RW is pretty useless. She is not connected to the internet so cannot send them as an attachment to my computer. It would take far too many floppies. Any suggestions? She does not want to loose the files. I hope you can suggest something. Thankyou in advance.
2007-10-26 08:43:29 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
I thought of a memory stick but her computer appears to have ony two USB connections!! both of which are being used, i guess one by the mouse the other by the keyboard?
2007-10-26 08:45:57 · update #1
My first computer was a Toshiba laptop that could play DVDs and CDs but not burn them. (I also didn't have it connected to the internet.) My parents bought me an external burner (drive/ rewritable), which connected to my laptop with a USB cable. The cable and a Nero Express disc were provided with it. With that machine I was able to burn my digital photos and Word documents onto CD-Rs and RWs, no problem!
I do the same thing with this Dell computer I'm typing on.
P.S. Floppies are almost extinct, so yes, avoid using floppies!
2007-10-26 08:59:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Use the "File settings transfer wizard. Look it up in system Tools. You will need, depending on your hardware, a null modem cable for serial ports, or Ethernet or USB chords with matching ends. And possibly a CD-burner to make a transfer disk, but that might be beside the point as I've never used this.
Any computer that only has 2 USB ports will likely have a ps2 port for hooking up keyboards and mice, use one of them! Beg borrow or steal a normal keyboard if she only has USB equipment. Or just use the "onscreen keyboard" with the mouse to transfer files-- do you even need a keyboard to use a USB data drive?
2007-10-26 09:00:10 · answer #2 · answered by kaminegg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You said, both of the two USB ports is being used. Make sure, what they're being used for. If it IS, as you said, one for the mouse and one for the keyboard (!) then, I'd suggest, somewhat as the folks above suggested. First, get familiar with the computer's keystroke equivalents for ALL the mouse gestures.
Like, does it have a touchpad? Sounds like, NO! Well then, look at the computer's help file. Maybe, you can get away with lots of cases of Ctrl+ (some keybord key) to get everything done. You'll be using the left-right-up-down arrows, maybe, to move the cursor all over heck, and the Home key to fetch the cursor to some familiar spot, and Enter to left-click. Then you'll use a thumb drive (like, a really big one, if you can afford it) to make a backup!
Good luck!
2007-10-26 08:56:24 · answer #3 · answered by fjpoblam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If both machines have Ethernet cards, you could hook up an Ethernet crossover cable between the two machines and network them. Then it would be simply a matter of copying files across the network. Points to consider:
1. You need a CROSSOVER cable, not just any old Ethernet cable. A crossover cable (also known as a null modem cable) has several wires crossed so it doesn't need any other hardware.
2. You're going to have to share directories on one machine. For security purposes, limit the sharing, both timewise and as far as number of files and subdirectories shared is concerned. It will be tempting to share the root of one machine or the other, but try not to -- it gives possible hackers too much power.
3. One nice feature of this is that forgotten files will still be easily available. And there WILL be forgotten files.
Good luck.
2007-10-26 09:01:26 · answer #4 · answered by The Phlebob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This maybe a bit expensive, but external hard drives are wonderful. You just have to buy one at best buy or where ever and hook it up using a USB cable. Then copy the files over to it. The one I use is a 250GB Western Digital My Book. I love it, it holds all my pictures, music, and files so if my computer ever crashes, I will not lose all the things that are really important.
2007-10-26 08:50:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well
first try to make the computer to recognize it as a burner by installing easiest software NERO. you can find it on net (demo version) second and easiest way is, if you do have a free USB port, borrow or buy a flash memory like 1 GB or less. just plug it, copy and paste your files into the new driver and click remove the drive safely from windows task bar. that's all
2007-10-26 08:49:09 · answer #6 · answered by Seto!! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the computer has USB ports you could use a USB stick or external hard drive. Otehrwise you could move the hard drive itself to another computer that does have either internet access or a CD-R drive.
2007-10-26 08:49:06 · answer #7 · answered by Ninjakannon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use a USB/flash/thumb drive
Mine can hold a little less than 1000MB
And she can unplug the one for the keyboard lol temporarily and just use the mouse to drag and drop files
2007-10-26 08:46:13 · answer #8 · answered by ♥<ŦĦØΛ>♥ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
does she have a USB port?
if yes, buy a memory stick, they're not that expensive.
& you can save 100s of word-documents on one stick.
unplug the key-board, you shouldn't need it SHOULDN'T& use the mouse to drop the documents into the memory-stick file.
2007-10-26 08:48:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ACP-EP Memory 512MB USB 2.0 Mini Flash Drive for Mac and PC - MY14575
2007-10-26 08:48:17 · answer #10 · answered by K!K 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋