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by **Dickerson** » Fri 09 May, 2003 10:50 pm

As stated in an earlier post, I have a new Notebook that runs Windows XP, but my old desk top at home is Windows 98. There are several hundred files, mostly .mp3's, that I would like to trasfer from 98 to XP, but have yet to discover a way to do it.

Anybody out there know if it is even possible to network a PC running 98 to a Notebook running XP?

Thanks in advance . . .

Michael

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by **Mandrake** » Sat 10 May, 2003 8:19 am

Get your hands on a "Cross over cable" and networking is a breeze. You can use the 'Network Wizard' on Windows XP, then there is the option of copying it to a floppy, and running it on the Win98 machine.. thus auto configuring the network - easy. The alternative is to burn what you want to keep to CD.

-Jarrad

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by **Dickerson** » Sat 10 May, 2003 10:56 am

Mandrake wrote:Get your hands on a "Cross over cable" and networking is a breeze. You can use the 'Network Wizard' on Windows XP, then there is the option of copying it to a floppy, and running it on the Win98 machine.. thus auto configuring the network - easy. The alternative is to burn what you want to keep to CD.

-Jarrad

Thank youfor the info. It sounds like just the ticket. Is this ""Crossover Cable" something I could find at CompUSA? Is it Parrallel or Serial, or maybe USB?

Thanks again . . .

Michael

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by **Mandrake** » Sat 10 May, 2003 6:53 pm

I am assuming you have network ports in each computer, as it is CAT 5 network cable. If not, then a USB cable and two adapters (ask the folks at your computer shop) will work.

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by **im_to_hyper** » Mon 12 May, 2003 6:03 pm

If you want to have a permanent network so you can share files all the time and browse the internet from both computers, you will need a router and a network card for each. At my house, I have a desktop and laptop conencted to each other wirelessly. Through Staples, you can get a USB adapter or PCI card for the desktop and a PC Card for your laptop. You will also need a router I bought the Belkin 54g technology. The whole setup cost $210, but that price so far has payed off. I have the mp3's stored on the the printer connected to the desktop. I can print stuff from my couch to the desktop in my room. If you do decide to go this route and need further help, feel free to PM or e-mail me.

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by **Mandrake** » Tue 13 May, 2003 5:03 pm

I'm pretty sure Dickerson wanted a cheap solution

. A bit of USB cable and two $5 adapters, or a $10 piece of CAT5 cable seems much cheaper...

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by **Spock** » Sun 25 May, 2003 11:52 pm

Mandrake:
When you say "USB cable and two adaptors", what do you mean? As far as I know, there is no way to directly connect two systems using a standard USB cable. :-?g

I know this, primarily because that's the first thing I tried when I wanted to transfer from my old Win98SE to my new WinXP. I ended up getting a USB to USB Network Adaptor cable. It looks similar to an A-A USB cable with a big lump in the middle where the crossover circuitry is housed.

Never even used it though, as I had a full network up and running and just used Cat5e via my router.

Two short lengths of Cat5 and a hub would also work, but a short length of Cat5 crossover cable would work just as well if you are never going to set up a network ... of course, each system would also need a NIC.

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by **Antony** » Mon 26 May, 2003 1:19 am

Spock,
In Windows 98, there's a feature called Direct cable connection. Although it was for parallel and serial cables, there are some USB cables with small box in the middle around would do the same job.

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by **Spock** » Mon 26 May, 2003 1:33 am

Antony wrote:Spock,
In Windows 98, there's a feature called Direct cable connection. Although it was for parallel and serial cables, there are some USB cables with small box in the middle around would do the same job.

Exactly what I'm referring to ... :wink:

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by **albert119** » Wed 04 Jun, 2003 8:03 pm

I think "Cross over cable" is a cheap way and it's very easy to use.

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