-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Win on Floppy
- From: Robert Carneal <carnealr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 11:40:19 -0600
Have you tried to see if the files can be zipped? It just might be possible
to put one file per disk. I checked my floppies and they hold 1.43888M (Not
1.44 like it says on the box). You might be able to Zip from 1,676Kb to <
1,4388Kb.
There is another way. If you have a CD -R or have a friend who has one, let
him/her copy your files to a CD-R. Just put the CD-R into your laptop and
read from that. This may turn out to be your easiest method.
But, if you have a PC +and+ a laptop, there may be an easier way. Are you
familiar with PC to Laptop software? It does not even require a network
card on both machines, the one I use connects vie the parallel printer
port. Drawback: Kinda expensive, and if this is a one time thing, I would
let this be my fallback plan. As of a week ago, Staples & Office Depot both
sell this.
Another way, if you have a PC and a laptop with a network card in both
machines, you can network them, copy the files you want to the PC first to
"C:\laptop" and then from the laptop, access the PC's hard drive and copy
the files over. Drawback: Not +hard+ to do, but you do need to be
comfortable with setting up networks, especially if PC operating system is
different from the laptop operating system.
The last two I listed are the methods I use 99.9 percent of the time.
I have networked a laptop to a PC, map the CD drive on the PC, and then use
the PC's CD to install files to the laptop. This is the method I use now,
and I think it is the easiest.
Robert
At 02:29 AM 3/25/2003 +1030, you wrote:
>Hi
>
>The Cab sizes are 1,676 kb in size which is bigger than a floppy. There's
>got to be another way.
>
>Keith
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>
> > See if there are CAB folders..... if so, check their sizes and copy to
> > floppies.... but then all floppies will need to be loaded onto the laptop
>and
> > install from there.
> > mjh
> >
> > In a message dated 3/23/03 9:34:55 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > kerogers@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> >
> > > Hi Guys
> > >
> > > Had a friend want to know how to put Win 95 on floppys for an old
>laptop.
> > >
> > > Any ideas
> > >
> > > Keith
> > >
> >
> >
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