1. DDz Quorum Friar Posted September 30, 2006 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 I am cleaning up an old win 98 laptop that used to belong to my Chairman. His son has some pictures on it that I need to get off before "cleaning it" so that i can bring it home for one of my daughters to use. My problem is that an extrenal cd writer I have can not be recognised and a memory stick wont work either. Does any one have any ideas as to the way forward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta7 Posted September 30, 2006 Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 you can try networking the laptop to your pc and then file transferring the pictures between them - any usb link cable should Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBloke Posted September 30, 2006 Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 It sounds as though USB on the w98 machine is a little goosed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum B16Enk Posted September 30, 2006 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 Pre ME requires drivers as Chris said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldo.Pepper Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 Try these 'generic' USB drivers for memory sticks with 98. http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php I reckon they will work just fine. caveat emptor though. Other ideas that are likely not much help; I still have a copy of laplink and a laplink cable that runs in DOS just for this purpose! (not much help for you but still.) You mentioned that this laptop is at work. Well work may be a big company with a network. Could you copy the material to a network share first? Then wipe it, then take it home? In Win 9X there was a rather nifty thing called Direct cable connection.... here are the details. May be the ticket if the above does not work. I HAVE USED THIS IN THE PAST! While it is slow like molasses it does work. http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... us;298446# There are a few convoluted USB DOS solutions here that you may look into. If you are really technically savvy! http://www.bootdisk.com/usb.htm If anyone ever has NT and a similar problem look here for possible solutions. http://www.usbnews.net/news/more_and_mo ... suppor.htm Good luck! Let me/us know the results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Friar Posted October 1, 2006 Author 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 many thanks for all the pointers guys. i will try and see if i can link the laptop to my desktop pc which is on a corporate network. failing that, i think will try and go for win 98 drivers. i will post back ina few days to say how i got on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMDfan Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 If the laptop is running a FAT32 file system, and target PC (PC you are moving files to) is NTFS file system, the laptop wont be able to see the target PC. You will have to be at target PC to pull the required files through the net, just make sure they are shared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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