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Michael Barber
Please help!
I have bought a new Dell 2400 with Windows XP Pro. I want
to transfer all the files from my old Gateway 266 running
on W98 SE. (Upgrade from W95 so HD is partitioned(C,D,E).
I will then merge partitions using Partition Magic v7, then
pass the machine to a friend of my Wife).
I have tried several methods, none of which work.
1. D-XP has a network card, which works! It has been on the
office LAN (RJ45) for a few weeks, and has worked
perfectly. So, I thought-
a. Set up the G266 W98 for networking SOHO and/or peer to
peer (appropriate cables have been used.) My W98 266 will
not accept the network link in either case.
b. Since that network method didn't work, I tried a USB TO
USB network cable, with drivers and software. The
software/drivers were easily installed on the Dell XP and
the bridge installed under network connections.
Unfortunately, I have been unable to install the drivers on
the G266 W98, or, indeed on either of two identical G266
W98 machines in my office. On my home machine, I keep
getting a message "Program Error"
"your program is making an invalid dynamic link call to a
..DLL file". When I click on the Close box, everything
aborts back to the Control Panel window. I suspect this is
nnot connected to the origin of the difficulty, but is
contibuting to it.
Where do I go from here?
Floppy disks are a possibility, but a tedious one, since
most of my folders are bigger than 1.4 MB. Burning onto
CD's is not an option, the hardware is too expensive and
would take too long to acquire. I have one final
possibility. I have some old 1999 IOMEGA 100MB disks,
drives and software. These I know work with the G266 W98.
They may work with XP. I do not see any upgrades on the
Iomega website.
Any suggestions or advice would be gratefully received.
Many thanks in advance,
Michael S Barber
Sanderstead, Surrey, England
+44.(20) 8657 3088
I have bought a new Dell 2400 with Windows XP Pro. I want
to transfer all the files from my old Gateway 266 running
on W98 SE. (Upgrade from W95 so HD is partitioned(C,D,E).
I will then merge partitions using Partition Magic v7, then
pass the machine to a friend of my Wife).
I have tried several methods, none of which work.
1. D-XP has a network card, which works! It has been on the
office LAN (RJ45) for a few weeks, and has worked
perfectly. So, I thought-
a. Set up the G266 W98 for networking SOHO and/or peer to
peer (appropriate cables have been used.) My W98 266 will
not accept the network link in either case.
b. Since that network method didn't work, I tried a USB TO
USB network cable, with drivers and software. The
software/drivers were easily installed on the Dell XP and
the bridge installed under network connections.
Unfortunately, I have been unable to install the drivers on
the G266 W98, or, indeed on either of two identical G266
W98 machines in my office. On my home machine, I keep
getting a message "Program Error"
"your program is making an invalid dynamic link call to a
..DLL file". When I click on the Close box, everything
aborts back to the Control Panel window. I suspect this is
nnot connected to the origin of the difficulty, but is
contibuting to it.
Where do I go from here?
Floppy disks are a possibility, but a tedious one, since
most of my folders are bigger than 1.4 MB. Burning onto
CD's is not an option, the hardware is too expensive and
would take too long to acquire. I have one final
possibility. I have some old 1999 IOMEGA 100MB disks,
drives and software. These I know work with the G266 W98.
They may work with XP. I do not see any upgrades on the
Iomega website.
Any suggestions or advice would be gratefully received.
Many thanks in advance,
Michael S Barber
Sanderstead, Surrey, England
+44.(20) 8657 3088