How to copy data from an old (1996) computer to a new computer, please?

Question

My Dad-in-law's computer has lots of word documents on it - and I want to transfer them to a new computer.

The problem is that the old computer has no: usb port; ethernet socket or CD-writer (fuller specs below). It does have a floppy disc drive - but the new computer doesn't. Any suggestions?

The old computer's specs:

OS - Windows 95

CD - ROM

Pentium

Only ports are parallel printer port and monitor

Room to install an ISA card

Answer 1

I would make compressed (Winzip) folders for the documents and email them.

Answer 2

The way I would do it is to put the old drive in the new computer as drive e: (or whatever). You'd need to know something about BIOS settings and booting from the correct drive though...

There are lots of ways, but most all of them require some above-average knowledge of computer hardware/software.

Answer 3

get all the stuff you want onto floppy disks then go out and buy a USB floppy drive ( about £10 or $20) plug that into your new computer and hey presto!

Answer 4

Assuming that the new computer is also a PC, you could take the hard drive from the old computer and connect it as a second drive for the new computer, then copy the data over to the new hard drive. Hard drive technology hasn't changed that dramatically; an old IDE hard drive should still work in a newer system, and a current copy of Windows should be able to read the older Windows file formats.

Answer 5

take the hard drive out and "piggy back" it into another computer or install it in an external hard drive caddy

Answer 6

if the new pc has a cd writer: save the files to a floppy. on another computer that can write to cd, copy the floppy files to the cd. then, take the cd and copy the files to your new pc

free options:

1-save your files, then go to a site like http://freefilesaver.com and upload your files. then download the files on your new computer

2-save your files and upload them to your mail account and then download the files on your new computer