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Windows Forum / Windows 95 / March 2004How To Access Win95 Machine from XP machine ??
Just bought a new XP machine and want to transfer a fair number of files from Win 95B machine. I was trying to use the "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard" in XP over a crossover cable between the ethernet cards on both machines. I was told by both Dell and the folks that sold the cable that that would work. When I run the transfer wizard on the old machine, however, there doesn't appear to be any option for using the ethernet cable, just serial (if that would even work since I didn't have one to try). Is there some way to get this to work??? No CD writer on old machine and I'd rather not have to transfer the old drive to the new machine. Hi Erehwon, Did you run the Network Setup Wizard before trying to use the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard? This is what you should do first to set up the network between the 2 computers. Then you should be able to continue. See Connecting Your Computers on the 1st screen of the Files and Settings... Wizard. Fritz216 > Just bought a new XP machine and want to transfer a fair number of files > from Win 95B machine. I was trying to use the "Files and Settings [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > old machine and I'd rather not have to transfer the old drive to the new > machine. >Just bought a new XP machine and want to transfer a fair number of files >from Win 95B machine. I was trying to use the "Files and Settings [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >old machine and I'd rather not have to transfer the old drive to the new >machine. If you are going to use an ethernet crossover cable to transfer the files then you need to set up a peer-to-peer network with the 2 computers. This is very simple to do and the network setup wizard in Windows XP will configure that computer for you and also create a diskette with the files needed to configure the Windows 95 machine. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada  SignatureMicrosoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much." > >Just bought a new XP machine and want to transfer a fair number of files > >from Win 95B machine. I was trying to use the "Files and Settings [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada Perhaps there's still something obvious I'm missing. I can create the "Network Setup Wizard" disk on the XP machine but, when I attempt to run it on the 95B machine, I get an error message indicating that the wizard is only compatible with Win98 and above. Also, when running the wizard on the XP machine, an error message appears in the middle of the setup about "Spooler Sub System App has encountered a problem and needs to close" although setup appears to complete. I'll settle for a manual setup, if necessary, if anyone can provide the details on how to get these two machines to talk to each other. Otherwise, I'm stumped. Network cards are working on both machines because I've been using it for T1 internet access on old machine and just sending this on new machine over same using its network card. >Perhaps there's still something obvious I'm missing. I can create the >"Network Setup Wizard" disk on the XP machine but, when I attempt to run it [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >internet access on old machine and just sending this on new machine over >same using its network card. Sorry, I wasn't aware that the network setup would not work on a Windows 95 machine. The basic settings you need to have in place are: TCP/IP Protocol properties: give one machine a fixed i.p. address of 192.168.1.1 and the other one 192.168.1.2 and set the subnet mask to 255.255.255.0 for both machines. Make sure that both machines have the same workgroup name but different machine names. See the following article for some advice on manual settings: Adding Windows XP to an Existing Network by MVP Steve Winograd: http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/addxp.htm Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada SignatureMicrosoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much." > >Perhaps there's still something obvious I'm missing. I can create the > >"Network Setup Wizard" disk on the XP machine but, when I attempt to run it [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada Thanks. That was the info I needed. Also needed Client for Microsoft Networks on both machines, file and printer sharing enabled on old machine, and all AV and firewall programs disabled. |
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