Summary: Here's the situation. Had to reinstall windows 3.1 on laptop but didn't have the laptop windows. Used another version but now I can't find the file to...
Summary: Hi Roger: The backup you made on old PC is really a DOS backup, & depending on what version of DOS, the MSBACKUPs are different for each version. I th...
Summary: I managed to get it done with just my trusty DOS 6.22. I just formatted my D: -- just a spare HD I have in my comp -- as a FAT 16 using FDISK. Then, I...
Summary: Ihave computer with 3.1 my old lexmark from 92 finaly failed. Other printers will not work with my computer/only diskettes no cd. I need to tranfer my...
Summary: Hi. Does anyone know how to compress files in a Windows 3.1 system for transport to a Windows 95 system? I'm trying to extract files from my supervis...
Summary: Hi Ryan: I think the easiest way to transfer files between the 2 different OSs is a software I think called Laplink, where you can hook 2 PCs through ...
Summary: Hi i got a new 20 gig harddrive and connected it with my old 4 gig and i tried transfering all the information with xcopy but all it missed hidden fil...
Summary: You can transfer files to the other PC (and run setup from the files on hard drive) via Parallel Cable look at following: http://www.briggsoft.com/fmd...
Summary: Zipper has the best Idea with WinZip 7.0 for Windows 95/98 or WinZip 6.3 for Windows 3.1 BUT create large ZIP file to directory on local hard drive, t...
Summary: the himem.sys is not for the cd-ro. boot with dos 6.22 disk one. a:\sys c: that will transfer files to the c: to make it bootable. yes, win95 will run...
Summary: You guys forgot laplink. YOu cannot, to my knowledge, use direct connect on W3.x. I don't know what files you have, and what format, and what progra...
Summary: jboy is right. Also it almost certainly woudn't support your hardware. What might be worth trying is making a partition for Windows 98 making a Direct...
Summary: I'm updating from an old computer running on Windows for worgroups 3.11 to a new laptop running Windows XP. I have a parallel cable. Is there a way ...
Summary: Best way by far would be to use network cards, but that might not be worth the effort. DOS based Win98 shouldn't have any problem recognizing an old I...
Summary: After reading Message No. 5539 for Win 3.1 {Win 3.1 DCC!), I was able to make the connection for file transfer between 3.1 and 95 with InterLnk/Svr. Y...
Summary: Archie, First of all--a 386 is going to have a hard time running W95--I don't think the processor can handle the file system. As far as the need for...
Summary: Hi I backed up a set of win3.11 floppies and zipped onto a cd a couple of years ago as I knew at some stage the floppies would pack it in. If I copy t...
Summary: Hello Guys: This is my first post here. I have a win98 PC and want to transfer all the 486 win311 laptop hd to Win98 PC. The idea is play a litle with...
Summary: Thank You for the information. I went to www.drdos.net, but I don't have a cdrom on my laptop only a stiffy drive. And the disks I want to download ...
Summary: Hi. I am stuck in DOS as well and need a himem.sys file. I think it is in my DOS directory because when I type dir:more at the c:\> prompt I get a ...
Summary: Hi, my laptop floppy is dead, and I would like to transfer files from it to my desktop, can anybody tell me if it is possible? NB: It seems Laplink i...
Summary: Forget Win3.1 What you need to do is make a directory named Win95 on your old computer. Then use a LapLink cable (sold at most computer stores) to ho...
Summary: I need help transferring files from my 386 running windows 3.1 and dos 5.0 to my AMD-k6-2 running windows 98. I bought a serial cable and a parallel ...
Summary: I am a student with an old 486 Umbra laptop which no longer has a working floppy drive. I have a slight understanding of file transfer if I could get...
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