Data Transfer

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Anonymous Poster	Data Transfer 07/03/2009 11:39 PM
	Several years back (~1989) I worked up some spreadsheets on Windows 95 and stored the data on 1.44 Meg floppy discs and put the discs aside until I might need the programs again. Well, that time has come and now the only computer I have that has a 1.44 Meg floppy drive is an old laptop with no Internet capability. My question is what is the most practical way to get the programs from the floppy discs to my other laptops or desktops so I can put the data on flash drives or CDs? Where might I find a service that can do that data transfer?
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CMTec Associate Join Date: May 2009 Location: Dallas, TX. Posts: 26	#1 Re: Data Transfer 07/03/2009 11:52 PM
	You could always go buy an external Floppy-Drive with USB hook-up. __________________ Best, ...Lee.
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Anonymous Poster	#2 In reply to #1 Re: Data Transfer 07/04/2009 12:04 AM
	or ask your local computer repair shop to do it for you.
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phoenix911 Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 23647 Good Answers: 420	#3 Re: Data Transfer 07/04/2009 12:38 AM
	pull the drive out and install it on a later computer, also back then there was software to back up to other computer by using the parrelaal ports, or the are adapters (with installation programs) the would have a usb port that hooks up to your serial port phoenix911 __________________ “ When people get what they want, they are often surprised when they get what they deserve " - James Wood
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Bondy111 Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Gloucestershire, England Posts: 962	#4 Re: Data Transfer 07/04/2009 1:39 AM
	If you have a desktop, just buy an internal floppy drive - they are only about £5. Otherwise, a USB floppy drive would do the job. __________________ bondy111
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Hendrik Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Centurion, South Africa Posts: 3921 Good Answers: 97	#5 Re: Data Transfer 07/04/2009 2:12 AM
	Installing an internal and external drive is about the best. Just bear in mind that the storage on floppies is not that secure and you may have to take special precautions to safeguard your data on the floppy first. A while back Windows seems to have a policy to destroy 1.44 floppies. (A 1.44 floppy with a slight reading error was simply changed to a high capacity which left the floppy useless.) __________________ Never do today what you can put of until tomorrow - Student motto
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woodygb Power-User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 308 Good Answers: 28	#6 Re: Data Transfer 07/04/2009 4:40 AM
	You could try a pc - pc file transfer programme such as laplink. LL3.exe is available here should you wish to use a programme of the same era as your floppy discs. Regards Woody
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Bondy111 Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Gloucestershire, England Posts: 962	#7 In reply to #6 Re: Data Transfer 07/04/2009 4:55 AM
	Could you simply cut two USB leads, and solder another male end onto one? __________________ bondy111
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woodygb Power-User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 308 Good Answers: 28	#8 In reply to #7 Re: Data Transfer 07/04/2009 5:16 AM
	Seems a lot of aggro making up leads to retrieve the floppies data. I'd suggest finding a computer with internet access and a compatible 3.5" drive... then transfer the data to a USB stick or email the zipped contents of the floppies to myself. Regards Woody
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Anonymous Poster	#9 Re: Data Transfer 07/04/2009 8:23 AM
	*Several years back (~1989) I worked up some spreadsheets on Windows 95* I doubt that Microsoft had any plans for Windows 95 in 1989. They were still struggling with Windows 3.1. Dan Rather was lured with a document about W's National Guard activity, he took the bait, and some "smart guy" have shown that the document was written with a font that Microsoft have used several years after the date on the document. Windows 95...my foot!
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Bondy111 Guru Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Gloucestershire, England Posts: 962	#10 In reply to #9 Re: Data Transfer 07/04/2009 10:09 AM
	I loved Windows 3.1! __________________ bondy111
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jack of all trades Guru Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 8777 Good Answers: 376	#11 Re: Data Transfer 07/05/2009 9:34 PM
	Shorly you can find a computer with both a floppy drive AND a USB input so you can transfer the data on the floppy to the USB stick (for transferring to computers without a floppy fitted). Even an old one would do the trick. If not any computers you have access to, how about a friend? __________________ jack of all trades
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