New Computer has 2000, can't restore Win 98 files

halal37 · 07-19-2005, 02:32 PM

Please help. My old computer ran Win 98 and just died. I got a new computer with 2000 on it. {I have expensive software that is not XP compatable}. Now I am learning I can't restore any of the files I backed up using 98 onto the new computer. This is a crisis. I run a non-profit and really need these files. Does anyone know a solution for this problem. If I can't restore these files I will loose financial data, business files, everything. HELP!

Chevy · 07-19-2005, 07:12 PM

How did you back up the files on the 98 computer? Did you use an application? Burned them stright to cd?

halal37 · 07-20-2005, 06:32 AM

I used Windows 98 backup feature in system tools. I saved the data onto a zip drive. The file extensions used in win 98 is different then win 2000 uses.

Chevy · 07-20-2005, 07:02 AM

What you'll need to do is share out a folder on your Win2k machine, then network a 98 machine to it. Use the 98 box to "unpack" the backup file into the shared folder on the 2k machine.

halal37 · 07-20-2005, 07:24 AM

Thanks. I will see if I can borrow a old computer with 98 on it.

07-19-2005, 02:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
halal37 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 7 OS: 2000	New Computer has 2000, can't restore Win 98 files Please help. My old computer ran Win 98 and just died. I got a new computer with 2000 on it. {I have expensive software that is not XP compatable}. Now I am learning I can't restore any of the files I backed up using 98 onto the new computer. This is a crisis. I run a non-profit and really need these files. Does anyone know a solution for this problem. If I can't restore these files I will loose financial data, business files, everything. HELP!

07-19-2005, 07:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
Chevy Semi-Retired Manager, Microsoft Support Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Notlob Posts: 5,172 OS: Vista Ultimate My System	How did you back up the files on the 98 computer? Did you use an application? Burned them stright to cd? __________________ “My philosophy, like color television, is all there in black and white” -M. Python

07-20-2005, 06:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
halal37 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 7 OS: 2000	2000 backup feature not compatable with 98 I used Windows 98 backup feature in system tools. I saved the data onto a zip drive. The file extensions used in win 98 is different then win 2000 uses.

07-20-2005, 07:02 AM	#4 (permalink)
Chevy Semi-Retired Manager, Microsoft Support Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Notlob Posts: 5,172 OS: Vista Ultimate My System	What you'll need to do is share out a folder on your Win2k machine, then network a 98 machine to it. Use the 98 box to "unpack" the backup file into the shared folder on the 2k machine. __________________ “My philosophy, like color television, is all there in black and white” -M. Python

07-20-2005, 07:24 AM	#5 (permalink)
halal37 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 7 OS: 2000	Thanks. I will see if I can borrow a old computer with 98 on it.