# How to move data from W2K to W98? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 13, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-move-data-from-w2k-to-w98/175055 "2003-05-13T21:11:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-move-data-from-w2k-to-w98/175055/1 "2003-05-13T21:11:16Z")
I have a laptop with W2K on a company NT domain. It has a wireless network card to use with my home wireless network. I have a W98SE desktop also with a wireless card. The computers cannot talk directly over the home network since the laptop would have to configure a workgroup and drop the NT domain. I did that once and then couldn’t log in, since I had dropped the domain. The sys admins were less than pleased when they had to make it rejoin the domain. I used to use direct cable connect between W95 and W98, but W2K does not seem to include that. How else can I get these things to talk? I want to move files that are too big to email (~100-200MB). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-move-data-from-w2k-to-w98/175055/2 "2003-05-13T21:39:15Z")
I transfer big files with a Compact Flash card. I have a reader/writer attached to my desktop and a PCMCIA adapter for use in my laptop. The data transfer is fast and easy. I used to burn CDs, but that took too long. The Flash cards are getting cheaper and cheaper. You can get 256Mb cards in the $50-75 range (possibly cheaper on Ebay). Reader/writers can be had for $7+. The cards are supposed to be good for up to 1,000,000 uses. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-move-data-from-w2k-to-w98/175055/3 "2003-05-16T00:34:03Z")
Thanks for the idea. In fact I have a USB SmartMedia reader, although I don’t know if I have sufficient privileges to install it on the company laptop. I’ll give it a try. ---
**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-move-data-from-w2k-to-w98/175055/4 "2003-05-16T05:28:42Z")
You wouldn’t be able to log into the domain without the domain controller anyway. ---
**Author:** ![spinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@spinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spinky)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-move-data-from-w2k-to-w98/175055/5 "2003-05-16T06:08:12Z")
If the two machines are on the same network and you know the IP address of the win98 machine (let’s say it’s 1.2.3.4), set up a share on the win98 machine (let’s say it’s called foobar and is accessible by user fred), then from the Win2k machine cmd prompt, try this: net view \1.2.3.4 (this should show a list of the shares on the win98 machine) and net use n: \1.2.3.4\foobar /user:fred (this will prompt you for fred’s password and mount the share as the n: drive) when you’re done, you can do “net use /d n:” to unmount the share