Will photos transfer from W98 to XP?

[ba_50]

Originally Posted by HayZee518

not all computer geeks are intelligent. just like some say you can use a null modem cable for direct networking - uh uh. one pair of the wires are flipped from one end to the other. think of it. say a laptop uses a 14 volt power supply and the desktop uses a 5 volt supply. you hitch up the usb cable between them without an isolator and POOF one or the other is gonna burn up. two wires in the usb cable are for power, data is sent along the other two. usb plugs are the same rectangular condiguration on ANY computer. you'll only find that oddball connector on certain peripherals. a camera might have that connector. I already told you my hp printer has this. her dell laptop will have the flat rectangular connector I can almost guarantee it.

Hayzee,

Best Buy told Pam it would work, while Office depot said it wouldn't. That's why I try to get a lot of input. Lots of the experts in sales stores seem to be mostly for selling something now days. They get a few days training and really don't know anything.

I wouldn't take a chance on it after what you told me.

My fuji camera connection doesn't have an egg shell shape either.

Transferring by camera sounds like the best way to go. She was able to put the old camera software on XP, so they should transfer.

This stuff is just plain complicated. Even though what computers can do some amazing things, they don't work in some ways.

ba_50

[HayZee518]

tell ya what. hitch yer camera to the xp unit - make a directory and d/l files to this directory. get a cd and burn the images on the cd. then you'll have a record of them files. don't do what I did and keep the pix files on the machine. when you need to reformat the hard drive ALL your saved files will be gonzo. I have lost so many pictures because of my stupidity and NOT having burned a cd.

[pbc]

how about getting a free Fotki account. Upload them there and download them to the other pc

[ba_50]

I tried to figure out how to put the pictures back on my camera but wasn't successful.

When I tried to resize the pictures, a message came up saying they wre locked what ever that means.

I will check out that free account. I tried snapfish but I could only load one at a time.

[HayZee518]

if you can afford the usb to usb cable from CDW I would suggest you do this. You can then transfer files from ANY computer to ANY computer running win98 and/or XP, ME etc. You will find that the usb port on one computer is the same on any computer but you need the cable with the "egg" in the middle.

[pbc]

well, if the Windows 98 box has a USB port, just buy a jump drive. They're under $10 these days

copy them to the jump drive (like you would a floppy) and plug the jump drive into the other computer and you're done.

[ba_50]

Originally Posted by HayZee518

if you can afford the usb to usb cable from CDW I would suggest you do this. You can then transfer files from ANY computer to ANY computer running win98 and/or XP, ME etc. You will find that the usb port on one computer is the same on any computer but you need the cable with the "egg" in the middle.

I must have gotten confused on the cables. So you meant that using a standard USB cable could burn one or the other up but not the special one, and that it will work in any USB port.

I tried Snapfish and Fotki and having trouble getting them both to work right. Fotki won't answer the phone. Takes about 3 hours to upload 129 picture if the it doesn't quit in the mean time.

[ba_50]

Originally Posted by pbc

well, if the Windows 98 box has a USB port, just buy a jump drive. They're under $10 these days

copy them to the jump drive (like you would a floppy) and plug the jump drive into the other computer and you're done.

Never heard of a jump drive. Is that the same thing as a flash drive. FD's won't use W98 now days. I'll check it out. Thanks.

[pbc]

Originally Posted by ba_50

Never heard of a jump drive. Is that the same thing as a flash drive. FD's won't use W98 now days. I'll check it out. Thanks.

same thing
this one's $8 on line