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Does such a thing exist. This is further my 'pics on old computer post'
The tower seems to have had a good kicking whilst being stored for the last eight years. The floppy disc does work though. So I wondered about getting some images onto one?
Yep - 1.44Mb. Best to get a few!
How big are the photos?
if by high capacity you mean 1MB or so!
2.88Mb Floppies were available...
what was wrong with the suggestions of:
a) usb drive
b) web
c) removing drive and plugging into external case ?
I bet you can't find a single PC that uses one though onion!
There were 2.88m I believe, but they needed a 2.88m specific drive. Standard being 1.44m.
If you can't hookup a CD burner, or connect the hard drive to another PC, you may just have to do it the hard way and copy them one or two at a time on a floppy.
If the image files are bigger than what will fit on a single floppy, you'll need to split them up over multiple disks, ie. Google 'file split' and download one of those utilities.
It must have a USB port, get an external burner or HD. Much easier
Missed the original post, but if it is an ancient PC with no USB or ethernet then you could probably fit either a network card or a USB card for around the same price as a stack of floppys.
Then you could just copy the photos to a USB stick , internet or another PC on the network.
Best bet, by far, is to buy an IDE>USB adapter and remove the original drive. Network cards and USB cards might not agree with software on the PC, but you can guarantee that a IDE>USB converter will be able to read the hard drive.
If you can't connect via ethernet you could try a serial port connection I seem to remember transferring files from an old pc using that method.
If you can't connect via ethernet you could try a serial port connection I seem to remember transferring files from an old pc using that method.
Laplink?
Defo remove hdd and bung in a USB enclosure.
Or if you really want to make life complicated, try and find a serial Zip drive on Ebay and use that. Although you'll need a USB to serial converter on the new PC.
If you are really struggling I'll do it for you if you send me the hdd. tWas you I bought the Giant road bike off wasn't it?
Geoff
(uplink) Many modern PCs dont come with RS232 ports. It's also horrifically slow.
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(uplink) Many modern PCs dont come with RS232 ports. It's also horrifically slow.
I was replying to meftys post not suggesting how to do it
I remember laplink very well, not too bad over a parallel port IIRC
Seem to remember there was a windows utility in Windows 95, was not quick but at least you could set it up and leave it - compared to copying floppies it would be a breeze.
I was replying to meftys post not suggesting how to do it
I know.
Windows 95 version 2 or whatever it was called, the one before 98, defo had USB support. Was a bit flakey iirc but it should cope with a low capacity 250 mb USB disk. All you would need then, would be a USB card.
Wow, floppy discs! I remember those, had a work computer with a 40Mb hdd. Ahh, those were the days.
oldit seems to have done a runner...
😆