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Get Photos off old PC

  • 31-05-2011 6:33pm
    #1
    Donal Og O Baelach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 534 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I'm trying to get photos I downloaded from a digital camera from my old Gateway pc (with windows 98) to my newer Iqon (windows vista).

    The Gateway does not have a cd burner and the usb ports don't seem to be able to detect the flash card. Also, for that pc, I had a dialup web connection (it has no ethernet port), but for the new one I have broadband. So I can't get the old one back onto the web.

    Can anyone tell me the best way to go about transferring the files?

    Any help very much appreciated.

    Thanks.:)


Comments

  • #2
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,768 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Just take the hard disk out and plug it into the newer PC.


  • #3
    Dale Parish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Dale Parish


    There's a good chance if it's Windows 98 it won't have IDE ports for him to plug the old drive into.
    Your best bet is to pick up a cheap ethernet card or WiFi adapter, or burn USB drivers for your flash card onto a CD (assuming that it does detect and just doesn't have the drivers for them)


  • #4
    ArtyM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,879 ✭✭✭ArtyM


    You may need to adjust the jumpers on the drive to set it to slave if you are putting it into your newer pc.
    You can also use something like this(link) - though you might find a cheaper alternative in your local PC store.

    http://www.komplett.ie/Komplett/product/ZKB_01COM/02_PCCASE/04_HDDCASE/productdetails/15442970/ICY_BOX_Aluminium_Case_black/IB_351ASTU_B/default.aspx

    Your old drive would be IDE/PATA 3.5inch so make sure you get that type. It will basically turn your old drive into an external harddrive which you then connect via usb.
    May not be worth the expense for a one off job.


  • #5
    big man andy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52 ✭✭big man andy


    Dale Parish wrote: »
    There's a good chance if it's Windows 98 it won't have IDE ports for him to plug the old drive into.
    Your best bet is to pick up a cheap ethernet card or WiFi adapter, or burn USB drivers for your flash card onto a CD (assuming that it does detect and just doesn't have the drivers for them)

    Think DP is on a winner here. Have a look at the website for the flash disk manufacturer, SanDisk, Transcend etc. Hopefully they'll have a Win 98SE driver in an .exe form. Burn it to CD and run it on the Gateway.

    Should do the job.

    :cool:


  • #6
    Donal Og O Baelach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 534 ✭✭✭Donal Og O Baelach


    Thanks very much for the help, greatly appreciated.


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