Buy one, plug it into your Windows 7 computer, and you’ll be able to read any information your Windows 98 PC can store onto your diskettes.

You’ll find several USB floppy drives for less than $20 sold by Amazon. Since you don’t need to copy a lot of information, the easiest transfer method is probably to buy a floppy drive that plugs into your new computer’s USB port. You can transfer your information several ways: Since there’s no automatic way to move the information from your Windows 98 computer to your new computer, you’ll have to do the grunt work yourself. But as you’ve discovered, the program conveniently ignores people with older Windows versions, like Windows Millennium, or Windows 98. Hewlett Packard’s tech support people said that it is impossible to transfer from Windows 98 Second Edition to Windows 7 – that no equipment exists anymore to support the transfer.Ī: Windows 7’s free “Windows Easy Transfer” program works pretty well at copying your files from a Windows XP or Windows Vista computer. It is inconceivable to me that there is no easy way to transfer data from a computer that’s only 10 years old. Q: How do I transfer files from my old computer running Windows 98 Second Edition to my new Windows 7 computer?

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