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copying files 98 to xp
Name: usman Date: May 29, 2006 at 06:45:12 Pacific OS: xp/98 CPU/Ram: 733/128 Product: esc board
Comment:
i have installed two windows 98 and xp,98 is installed in drive c and xp is in drive d,please tell me how can we copy files from 98 to xp and xp to 98?thanks a lot
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: May 29, 2006 at 07:32:34 Pacific
Reply:
There are many ways. The traditional approaches:
copy c:\myfile d:\
or
copy d:\myfile c:\
If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.
M2
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Response Number 2
Name: ham30 Date: May 29, 2006 at 11:12:23 Pacific
Reply:
Copying files from XP to 98 is the same as copying within XP. Copying from 98 to XP is not possible if XP is using NTFS. Win98 has the FAT32 file system and cannot access drives that use the NTFS file system. There are programs that can change a NTFS drive to FAT32 if needed, Partition Magic is one.
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Response Number 3
Name: Dave357 Date: May 30, 2006 at 18:54:32 Pacific
Reply:
It's probably a little late to do this now, but in the future...when setting up a dual- (or multi-) boot system...create another partition or two for apps & data. The data partition can be shared by both Operating Systems, so there's no need to copy files between them.
HTH
Dave
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