[Blind-Computing] moving files onto an external hard drive
Hi list. I have some old files on an old desktop computer running windows 98 second edition. I want to move these files onto an external USB drive that I have. So I can access them on my desktop running XP home. However, as I understand it. The 98 system is probably formatted in fat 32. While I think this external hard drive is formatted in NTFS. If I plug in the drive to the 98 machine? Can I just use the send to option to transfer the files? I think I may have had trouble having the drive being recognized by the 98 machine before. If this is true? Can I get around this issue? Thanks Jason For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] moving files onto an external hard drive
First, when you formatted the external drive did you not have an option as to whether to use FAT or NTFS? Second, it really doesn't matter if the external drive is NTFS if you use a Copy and Paste procedure to get files from your existing drive on to the external drive. The software on the PC will simply call writes to the external drive and the drive itself should take care of any house keeping issues to convert said folders/files to NTFS. Now, if your Windows 98 PC cannot recognize the external drive, you may need to reformat the external drive as a FAT file system. Or if you could link your old PC to your new PC and run the backup from you new PC with the old PC being networked to the newer one, that should likewise resolve your dilemma. Holland's Person, Bill - The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese! For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] moving files onto an external hard drive
Hi Bill. I haven't done anything to the external hard drive. As it is my first time I have bought one. I was told that they come already formatted. And that it would most likely be NTFS. If I do have to reformat it for the 98 machine to see it. Will I lose anything on that disk? As I did use Karen's replicator to make a backup of my word files from my XP system. thanks Jason - Original Message - From: Bill Gallik billgal...@centurytel.net To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 8:46 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] moving files onto an external hard drive First, when you formatted the external drive did you not have an option as to whether to use FAT or NTFS? Second, it really doesn't matter if the external drive is NTFS if you use a Copy and Paste procedure to get files from your existing drive on to the external drive. The software on the PC will simply call writes to the external drive and the drive itself should take care of any house keeping issues to convert said folders/files to NTFS. Now, if your Windows 98 PC cannot recognize the external drive, you may need to reformat the external drive as a FAT file system. Or if you could link your old PC to your new PC and run the backup from you new PC with the old PC being networked to the newer one, that should likewise resolve your dilemma. Holland's Person, Bill - The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese! For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] moving files onto an external hard drive
Jason, Anything you've copied by any means to the external hard drive will be wiped out if you reformat it. One question is this, can your Windows 98 PC recognize the presence of the external drive at all? Holland's Person, Bill - The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese! For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] moving files onto an external hard drive
Is it the same USB? I phrased that wrong but that is all I can think of this time and with as little coffee as I have had lol. What I mean I guess is that do they have the same speed? 1.0 or 2.0 that kind of thing. It may not be able to be used on it due to age? Also have you tried different ports? As sometimes some might not see a peripheral that is hooked up. -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of jason smith Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 2:53 AM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: [Blind-Computing] moving files onto an external hard drive Hi list. I have some old files on an old desktop computer running windows 98 second edition. I want to move these files onto an external USB drive that I have. So I can access them on my desktop running XP home. However, as I understand it. The 98 system is probably formatted in fat 32. While I think this external hard drive is formatted in NTFS. If I plug in the drive to the 98 machine? Can I just use the send to option to transfer the files? I think I may have had trouble having the drive being recognized by the 98 machine before. If this is true? Can I get around this issue? Thanks Jason For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] moving files onto an external hard drive
Hi Jason, This may be a long way, but why don't you copy your files from the 98 computer to a flash disk and then take the disk after safely removing it and insert it to the XP computer? Then you can copy the files from it and paste them to the external drive. I did that years ago when I had a 98 computer and brought them over to my XP computer which were later backed up to my external drive. Take care. Lennie At 03:52 AM 6/14/2011, you wrote: Hi list. I have some old files on an old desktop computer running windows 98 second edition. I want to move these files onto an external USB drive that I have. So I can access them on my desktop running XP home. However, as I understand it. The 98 system is probably formatted in fat 32. While I think this external hard drive is formatted in NTFS. If I plug in the drive to the 98 machine? Can I just use the send to option to transfer the files? I think I may have had trouble having the drive being recognized by the 98 machine before. If this is true? Can I get around this issue? Thanks Jason For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] moving files onto an external hard drive
I think I remember reading somewhere that Windows 98 will only recognize external drives formatted as FAT, and not NTFS. I'm also quite certain that it will not recognize anything over 1 gigabyte. Scorpio For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
