Win 98 and a data stick!

[Caveman]

HELP ME PLEASE!

I'm trying to get programme that is only 62mb from an old basic windows 98 machine to a new all singing dancing pc. But because the old machine has no cd-rw or zip drive (plus floppies are too small) the only way I can think of getting the data over is by using a data stick, but low and behold the old machine does not have any drivers and I can't seem to be able to find them on the internet.

Is it just a case of finding the driver on the web, plugging in the data stick and adding new hardware?

Please help I'm buggered without this info and its doing me head in!

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

Have you tried turning it off and turning it on again?

 

[Caveman]

Yes

I've used two different data sticks, one with the drivers doesn't seem to be found and the other is found but no drivers.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Win 98 whats?

 

[Virgo's Haircut]

Have you tried emailing it to yourself?

 

[Caveman]

Have you tried emailing it to yourself?

Oh their's a thought, it is a shit load of data though in various folders. I have a Gmail account, but I think i'd be forever attaching the folders to send?

 

[Ned]

do both machines have an ethernet port?
if so you could use a crossover cable and set up a home network for file sharing .

 

[Caveman]

I'm not too sure, have no idea to set up a network either.

 

[Ned]

there is a network wizard in the control panel of windows which will set the network up for you all you need is to find out if you have the ethernet cards. I have a crossover cable you could borrow if it is justy these files you want to move

 

[Rangdo]

Oh their's a thought, it is a shit load of data though in various folders. I have a Gmail account, but I think i'd be forever attaching the folders to send?

I think Gmail's limit is 10MB per email so just split it into 6ish chunks email it to yourself and reassemble at the other end.
If you zip each chunk then you only have to attach the one zipped folder and not all the individual files. In fact you may get away with less than 6 once they're zipped.

 

[Billy the Fish]

do both machines have an ethernet port?
if so you could use a crossover cable and set up a home network for file sharing .

Would be the easiest way. Just give poth ethernet ports an IP adress, plug in a crossover and FTP it accross. 3CDaemon is good FTP software and it's free.

 

[1066gull]

Windows 98, those were the days when I went to the farm early to go on our only PC and spend hours listening the the dialing of dial up and playing Need for Speed