rvbfan Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 I hear they make beautiful planters for your front yard or patio. :lamp: (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colordeficiency Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 Send your hard disk my way, I'll copy to my system and send it back to you over MSN messenger or stuff. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cork1958 Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 take out the hard drive, hook it up to your new PC, copy all the files. then throw it outedit: it wont damage anything as long as you dont touch the crcuit board I'm going to quote this one again as it is the easiest, best and fastest method mentioned. Don't waste a single dime on the old machine. Just doesn't make sense. I can't believe all the other lame suggestions I'm reading here! :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bartekpl Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 I would use it for testing purposes. Taking it apart. Practicing your moding skills. Things that you wouldn't want to do with your new computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnDewCodeRedFreak Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 LOL at the suggestions like throwing the PC out the window, etc. It literally had me laughing. Anyway, just take out the HD and put it on your new machine, or else install a NIC on your old machine and then network them together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix2004 Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 1.) Put a cd-r into the computer, backup 2.) Put old hd into new computer, backup & keep old hd, as junk slave 3.) Give someone old hd, let them back it up on cd-r 4.) Forget it & trash all Those are your only possible options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 i sure hate people who still use win95 or 98, i mean i get calls every day from people with 98 trying to get online, and guess what....98 sucks at networking, half the time if the Winsock2 is not corupted then the stupid thing wont renew its ip by itself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angusmann Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 Here's an idea. Install MAME (Multiple arcade machine emulator) on the old computer and use it as a games machine. This program will run fine on even the slowest computer and the games are good if you like the arcade-style games. Some folks make a project out of it and stick the computer/monitor etc into a case that looks like a real arcade machine, but you dont have to go that far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 1.) Put a cd-r into the computer, backup2.) Put old hd into new computer, backup & keep old hd, as junk slave 3.) Give someone old hd, let them back it up on cd-r 4.) Forget it & trash all Those are your only possible options. exactly what he said :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbodonkey Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 Donate it to a museum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furrybeagle Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 (edited) I am guessing your new computer has a cd-burner. So if your worried about actually moving the hard drive, take the cd burner from the new computer and put it in the old computer, and then start the computer with the Norton Ghost Cd in the CD Burner (Norton Ghost is a useful piece of software to have either way, for imaging your hdd). With ghost you can burn an image of your drive onto some blank cds. Put em into your new computer and dump the image onto your hdd (im not sure if you need to repartition it). But really just move the hard drive from the old computer into the new computer. It will only void your warranty if they specifically say that you cant do this, or if they put stickers over the screws or whatever to open the case. After that take the top off the old computer and dump some dirt in there. Then put a plant in there. :D Edited August 29, 2004 by Furrybeagle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anog Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 Windows 95 probably won't support much hardware... But it will certainly support a Parallel Zip Drive, and so will your new pc. Just connect one to your old computer, pass the data to Zip disks, connect the zip drive to the new computer, pass the data to that computer and you're set! Or you could do this with an old paralel CD-Burner, if you can't connect one through IDE. This is what I did with an old 486 computer, i connected my old-and-slow-but-still-working HP 7200e external paralel cd burner ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XavierHyde Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Don't throw it away! Upgrade memory and HDD to the maximum amount allowed by the BIOS. Tweak Windows and DOS to gain maximum conventional memory and stability. Then run some old DOS and Win95-only games from my thread. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lare2 Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 2. Sit on your ass and eat cheetos. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirveebilbao Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 if you have got the space in singapore, try to combine the 2 pc's. you can use 2 pc with 1 set of keyboard-mouse-monitor through some switch device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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