USB pen drive for win98 pc or something to get stuff off

Lady_K

I just tried to run winipcfg on this main comp but it just says windows cannot find it and I tried winpcfg as it was spelt slightly different in above posts but that also says windows cannot find it

Lady_K

posted wrote: »

You need to kb/mouse in

And what should happen when I put them in as there is no monitor connected to it only to this one? the old mouse is broken as explained in first post and cant instal another one as its too old and cant take usb ones

posted_2

It's winipcfg, if it's not there, you probably need to install tcpip

see the bit halfway down this

http://www.readingconnect.net/connecting/connectingW98.htm

from
Configuring TCP/IP

It is possible to do everything with a keyboard, without a mouse, just harder work

why can't it take usb ones?

Lady_K

The pc I'm using is xp pro just in case it matters

Quasar

I was in the same situation with my oldest laptop running W98. I bought a memory pen but I would have had to download a driver to get it to work on W98 and I wasn't very au fait with these things so in the end I transferred all the data on floppy disks - which it used - and then bought a portable floppy drive which I then connected to my (then) new XP laptop. Job done.

Lady_K

The files are too big for floppy discs, I wish usb pens worked on win98 pcs.

gaming_guy

Lady_K wrote: »

I just tried to run winipcfg on this main comp but it just says windows cannot find it and I tried winpcfg as it was spelt slightly different in above posts but that also says windows cannot find it

windows 98 = winipcfg

windows xp/vista = ipconfig

Lady_K

posted wrote: »

It's winipcfg, if it's not there, you probably need to install tcpip

see the bit halfway down this

http://www.readingconnect.net/connecting/connectingW98.htm

from
Configuring TCP/IP

It is possible to do everything with a keyboard, without a mouse, just harder work

why can't it take usb ones?

I have tried usb ones before and it wont accept them. I dont understand how I can view things when a keyboard is installed because there is no monitor connected.

endure

Take the hard drive out of the win98 PC and fit it as a second drive to your new PC.

Quasar

Lady_K wrote: »

The files are too big for floppy discs, I wish usb pens worked on win98 pcs.

IN that case you have to download drivers so that W98 can take the pens. I don't know if you still can, as when I went through all that was about 5 years ago.

I've just googled and found this, which might help you:
http://www.topshareware.com/windows-98-usb-drivers-for-pen-drive/downloads/1.htm

Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than me will come in here soon.