Wetlook World Forum

Current time: Thu 18/04/24 10:45:02 GMT

Translate page FROM -> TO

Translate page TO <- FROM

Message # 7259.4

Subject: Re: Off topic tech ques. Save my wetlook collection?

Date: Sat 06/12/03 12:58:07 GMT

Name: ngawa

Email:

Website:

Report Abuse or Problem to Nigel at Minxmovies
If you enjoy this forum, then please make a small donation to help
with running costs: (you can change amount)

I've just spent ages transfering over 1gig of files from my Jurassic p.c. by loading them onto floppies and putting them into my new laptop. I've got a zip drive but the new software won't work on win95. The upside of this is that I've rediscovered lots of old gems that I'd forgotten about. Thank God for c.d. recordable drives. The two c.d.s that now hold my pics can't be read on my old computer for some reason... I don't care, it's going in the bin shortly.

In reply to Message (7259)

Off topic tech ques. Save my wetlook collection?

By Don - Sat 06/12/03 07:56:16 GMT

Website:

My old computer just refuses any kind of upgrade. I spent almost 8 hours yesterday trying to download and install IE4.01 but it just would not work. I got a new laptop and wanted to transfer the files from the old one but ran into a snag because it had such an old version of IE. The transfer gizmo I got from Dell requires at least IE4.01 on the old computer as does hooking up a parallel cable and running as a network using the WinXP disk. (I used Netscape for all the years and never upgraded IE.)

My old one does not have a CD writer and the new one no floppy.

I am at the point where I am emailing the very best pictures I got from member sites to myself at a second email acct. And now am considering an X-Drive acct. But either way transferring 1.3 gig will take months and my old computer is getting very cranky. It is hard to get booted up and won't last much longer.

Local places will transfer the data for $70 but how embarrassing would that be!!!

If there is another way to do this that I am ignorant of I would be forever in anyones debt who can point it out.

I cannot imagine loosing my wetlook pics. Some sites are still up and I could get the pictures back but most of the sites are now gone.

Thanks for any ideas.

Report Abuse or Problem to Nigel at Minxmovies
If you enjoy this forum, then please make a small donation to help with running costs: (you can change amount)