Floppys from 95 to XP problem

[b1tchm4gn3t]

My Mother sent me her OLD A$$ Acer computer with Win 95 to backup her files and install Win 98. She only had enough files to use 6 floppy diskettes. No usb ports on this thing and no network card, and also no burner in it. I took the 6 disks from the backup of files and tried to copy them onto my XP machine and I get errors or I cant open them at all (A: tries to read and just hangs). I know my A: works because it will read any other disks I throw at it. Anyone have any idea as to what I can do besides add a ethernet card and network these two together? Any input appreciated!

[bunyip]

XP may not like the way they have been formatted, especially if they are old.
I would try formatting the floppys on the XP machine then backup the files to them on the 95 machine.
They should now be readable on the XP box.

[redwudz]

The easiest would just be to pull the HD out of the old machine and attach it temporarily to your computer as a slave.

Sounds like you need to replace the floppy on the old machine anyway, maybe replace it and do the floppy transfer over.

You could also use the parallel or serial port for transfer, but that would probably be a pain in the ass to set up.

[b1tchm4gn3t]

ok...Ill give it a try and see what happens...BIG ty for the replies