I recently copied some files from my old Win98 PC onto a my new WinXP PC, but
I cannot open any of the files (doc/jpg/txt etc.) it just says 'Invalid file
format' or 'file not recognized'.
I've tried copying via floppy, mem stick, and putting the drive as a slave

Win 98 SE; IE 6
I added a second HDD to the system and whether I set it up as a primary
slave or secondary master (yes it's jumpered right; AFAIK) it shows on one
of the POST screens, it shows in Device Manager (working properly), but does

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I have seem to lost my windows 98 product key numbers.  
Is there any way I can get these numbers.  Or is there a
way that I can get general numbers that work on all the
discs????????

   Mystery problem with Compaq Presario 1060 Laptop.
   Note: I service TVs, etc.,  rarely service a computer.
   PROBLEM (Hard Disk Drive is fine):
   On the same day (no storm and it wasn't dropped) this laptop

I have installed a new 80GB HDD (recognized as Drive G:) onto which I have
cloned the OS from Drive C:. However when restarting the PC, the machine
will only boot if I leave the original C: in the system.
The new disk still has the drive letter G: assigned to it. I have used both

   Note: I cleaned both drives, floppy & CD, (Compaq Presario 1060 laptop
yr 1997) but problem remains.  I used a "lab" type of power supply as
substitute for latpop's external power supply.  Also, see original post below.
   More tests made since my original post exposed ...

    The floppy drive, part # 261848-001, in my 1997 (abt.) Compaq Presario
1060 laptop is bad and there is no replacement available.  Note: I service
TVs, etc., rarely computers.   I have a floppy drive from another model Compaq
laptop, not the same part number, but it could fit in ...

I am a bit of a dummy when it comes to computer terminology, so i dont know
what this means or what to do. i am trying to run scan disk but am getting
this message" the 'C:\WINDOWS\Internet Logs' folder contains incorrect
information about 'tvDebug.log'. The size of the file is ...

hi .. had a power failure a few weeks back ..
had a 120 gig ide drive , which was partitioned into to equal halves ,
one for the operating system , this one is ok ,  fat32 file system ...
and the other for data,, which winxp keeps want to format , was also

    My cousin asked me to repair his Compaq Presario 1060 laptop (Windows 95)
which developed two problems at the same time!!!
   One of the two problems has to do with the floppy disk drive which
suddenly has trouble reading floppy disks.   The other problem (started around

Hi! I don't know if this is in the right thread, but I need some help. I'm
running Windows 98(SE) on an old PC which only has 7 gigs of HD space. Awhile
back, I had to use my recovery disk to repair a huge problem. The problem
that cropped up afterwards was that I was cut down to ...

My Inspiron 6000 doesn't have a floppy drive and I would like to copy from a
floppy to a cd  to access my files   any suggestions

As regards copying one harddrive to another is there any difference among
the following terms?
backup
copy