re: need help desperately with saving PICTURES!!
Saturday, January 5, 2008 at 2:02 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Jeff Tyson
(1 messages posted)
Im in a similar situation as yours, at least the dealer told me some problems with
W98 so I didnt buy the USB2 drive before adding a usb2 pci card.
However some motherboards can not support USB2 contrary to advice received.
To save photos buy a CD writer(EXT USB1) and take a week or so to copy your photos(
but make sure they are readable on a newer computer in case the photos are in an
old code which may be unrecognised today- but whatever you do copy ASAP even in a
format such as jpeg or gif as a precaution.
Sorry about the low tech reply but needed before any fiddling around causes the
loss of your photos and follow the advice of the other posts about backing up..
On Friday, January 4, 2008 at 11:09 pm, C K wrote:
>No really easy simple answers here sadly by the sounds of it. First we need to
know
>the specs of your computer. Is this Win 98 or 98SE. Since you probably have USB1.1,
>that can be a problem with new USB 2.0 devices. Some will work very slowly with
>USB 1.1, some won't want to work at all. Did you follow the installation procedure
>for the Seagate? Do you have a working USB controller showing in the Device Manager?
> Win 98 needs drivers and other componants installed where as Win ME shouldn't in
>most cases but may need the Windows install CD to add componants needed for the
drive
>to be recognized and used.
>
>Before you upgrade the old PC, run the upgrade advisor from the XP install CD or
>online to see if it has compatible hardware and software installed. If there are
>problems with the hardware and the software, you will know before you have a disaster
>on your hands. Generally we don't recommend upgrading over Win 9X. With most XP
>install CD's you can do a clean install but will need qualifing media like your
old
>Windows install CD.
>
>The safest way to transfer your data/pictures would be to remove the HDD and slave
>it into a new PC and transfer the data directly from drive to drive. (If you know
>how to remove and install hardware/drives that is) Or have someone do it that has
>the experience in working on PC hardware. Any trusted service shop should be able
>to do it for you if you give them the file/directory names or where to find the
data/pictures..
> (but a smart tech can usually find them anyway)
>
>By the sounds of it, the gentleman that worked on it isn't experienced enough to
>work on it. Check around for a better qualified tech and explain what you need.
>
>As for storage, external drives are all notorious for failing without warning so
>never trust an external drive alone. Always backup to multiple forms of media when
>the data is not replaceable. I use two HDD's mounted in removable drive bays as
>well as CD "AND" DVD media. CD and DVD media should be reburned to new media after
>about three to five years (five years max) for safe reliability, and should be burned
>to archival specs (such as burned at half the media's rated speed and DAO Disc At
>Once then closed so it can be read on any PC).
>
>To bad you don't live in my area (assuming that you don't anyway). I do this all
>the time for clients and neighbors most of the time for no charge since I don't
have
>to depend on it for my living anymore. :-)
>
>
>
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