| Make sure that your USB port is working. Right click on | | | | and plug the old hard drive into the new CD cable. |
| My Computer and select Properties then click on | | | | Then I boot up and copy everything I want to transfer |
| Device Manager and you should not see any yellow | | | | using Win Explorer. A USB flash drive should work fine. |
| exclamation points (note that you should have your | | | | Best prices I have seen are at Wal-Mart and they |
| flash drive plugged in). If you do see yellow | | | | range from $18 for a 128 MB stick to $78 for a 1 GB |
| exclamation points then click on it and Remover it. | | | | drive. The only problem is that Windows 98 does not |
| Then restart your computer after you have removed | | | | recognize them as plug-and-play and you will have to |
| all exclamation points. Windows should then reinstall the | | | | download a driver for it. XP is automatic. |
| driver correctly. You should check this once you | | | | This does certainly sound like symptoms of Spyware. |
| restart. If you still have troubles, it may be because | | | | If you're trying to backup and it's not working you |
| windows require a specific driver for this. | | | | basically have two options: First, you might want to try |
| The flash drive itself probably doesn't have any | | | | a USB Stick (Flash Drive) which are roughly $15 USD, |
| software but you might want to check the | | | | $10 GBP and back data up to that. Second you could |
| manufactures website as there may be known issues | | | | try an online backup solution such as Carbonate which |
| when plugging it in to a win98 machine. Some Flash | | | | is only about $50 a year for unlimited data backup. |
| drives have a slide switch that makes them write | | | | Once you have backed up your data and you're |
| protected. You might want to check for one on yours. | | | | ready to reinstall Windows: If you have a recovery |
| If that's not the issue, I would go to the manufacturer's | | | | disk from your manufacturer, or you could go to there |
| web site. Different drives have different features. You | | | | web page and see what kind of information that they |
| may need to download a utility to reformat it. Flash | | | | might have that I was not able to tell you. You could |
| drives usually work with Windows XP right out of the | | | | possible email them about the problem that you are |
| box. For Windows 98, you usually need to install | | | | having and see what they have to say about what |
| drivers for the particular drive that you have. | | | | might be wrong or what you might need to change so |
| If you go to the flash drive manufacturer's web site, | | | | that you computer will work for you. If you see a |
| they will more than likely have drivers for Win. 98. | | | | number on there web page then you could call them |
| What I do is remove the hard drive from the old | | | | and speak to someone directly and explain the |
| machine, unplug the CD player on the new machine, | | | | problem to them. |