Placing floppy files onto new PC

Hello to all.

I recently bought a new PC which is loaded with Windows XP.

My old PC was Windows 98se and the hard disk has died. But a couple weeks before it went, I had downloaded many files from my Documents file and my Favourites and Links files to floppy discs.

What I would really like is for one of you nice folks to walk me through the method as to how I can place these files onto my new computer. Thanks much for your help.

Beach Boy

 

For the documents/pictures/etc. and assuming your new PC has a floppy drive, you can just use windows explorer and copy them from A:\ to wherever you want them.

Favorites & links - depends on exactly what form you saved them in.

Note that you cannot copy programs from the floppy to your XP PC and have the programs run. That's gotta be done with the original install media.

 

Thanks Newt. A while ago someone told me how to do it by going to My Computer and right clicking on the floppy drive, etc. (Yes my pc has a floppy drive). I just got it to work very well that way . Was a bit time consuming dealing with the links file where I had to put the shortcuts to the desktop and drag them to the links file. Guess there is more than one way to do these tasks.

While we are "talking" could you please advise whether one can access DOS in XP like how in Win 98 one is able to go to DOS? Thanks again.

 

You have probably found out that XP doesn't Restart in Dos Mode. To get a dos window. go to Start\All Programs\Accessories\Command Prompt, or go to Start\Run, type in CMD and press Enter.
Or you can press F8 when booting, and choose the prompt.
Or, you can go to Bootdisk, and download the "Windows XP 6 Disk Setup Set ". This file will create a set of 6 floppies to boot the computer. You'll have to sit there and swap them out to get the computer running. This does the same thing as booting the computer with the XP CD.

 

Thanks Mark, this seems to be some very useful info I will look into and implement.

I just bought this pc Monday and I tried to make the Recovery Discs that they recommended to do, but after making 5 of them I ran out of cd's and had to stop. At first I thought it was only going to take 1 or 2 cd's. Hopefully I will be able to start again where I left off and complete the job (?).

My CD drive is said to be very versatile, ie, it can play cd's, record cd's as well as play and record (or at least play) dvd's. Never tried it yet -- these operations are new to me as my old pc could not do any of these things.

I already bought 10 more CD-RW cd's. Could some (or 1) of these be used for the startup disc rather than the floppies? Thanks again.

Beach Boy

 

You could, but you would still need to make the floppies if when using the downloaded files. Your burning software will then read these floppies and create image files (ISO files), these image files are then burnt onto your CD's.
However, if you go to that bootdisk link, and scroll down, there is an ISO file, named NTFS bootdisk, that can be used to create a bootable CD. This CD would be able to read and copy from an NTFS partition onto a dos partition or floppy, it will not write or copy to a NTFS partition.

 

flopies on CD

I crashed over 2 weeks ago-just got it fixed on Wed. While trying to "fix" it,
I tried to get the 6 set of floppies start up from "BOOT ". I was sent to MS
for the D/L. At the end of the 1st disk, I was told that I needed a larger
media to continue and was given to 2 options> either cancel or retry.
Neither worked. After 3 retries I gave up.
Joe R

 

Beach Boy
XP is a lot more stable than earlier versions of Windows, so I wouldn't put much emphasis on boot disks and so forth. Chances are, you'll never need them. If you bought XP Pro, and you need additional reassurance, try the Automated System Recovery feature built into XP.

I buy the less expensive CD-Rs (no rewrite). If I need to "edit" a version of a cd, I just burn a new one. Have fun with your new XP! (Hope you kept the Luna Blue interface )

Johanna

 

Thanks Johana, I guess you are correct. My mach is IBM manufactured and there are some files from both IBM and Microsoft with tons of information about recovery, security, updates, etc, etc, and all kinds of related websites. I have registered with both IBM and Microsoft, and the warranty is good for a year. Doubt I will have any real problems soon. Thanks again.

Beach Boy

PS. What is the Luna Blue interface?