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Old 01-19-2021, 09:46 AM   #1
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I have a ancient Gateway computer tower..... Been saving only because it had Pictures stored on it

It only has the old floppy disc drive in it

It has 2 "USB" ports on the back that a new SanDisk Flash Drive fits and plugs into

Will a ancient old prehistoric Gateway computer recognize the flash drive and be able to load the picture file onto the scandisk flash drive ?

Flash drive like this > https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....AC_SL1500_.jpg

I want to trash this old computer and big moniter
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Old 01-19-2021, 01:28 PM   #2
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Try the flash drive in it, if it will recognize it, you're golden.

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Old 01-28-2021, 02:13 PM   #3
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It does not recognize the flash drive

It just searches for a "driver for that device" and nothing

Any Ideas how to get my old pictures of that old old computer
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I believe I have a cord somewhere that plugs into an IDE hard drive along with a power adaptor that is a USB cable. If I remember I will look for it tonight.
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Its a old windows 98 gateway computer

Seems like I have to download a scan disc driver some how so the computer will work with a scan dsc

Wait,,,,, I just checked, It does have a CD player thingy, I thought it just had that floppy disc thing

I dont think I can load my pics on a CD... You need a CD burner to do that dont you?

I was trying to figure out how many megabytes all the pics are.

The Pictures are under Documents..... Got ta go to Documents and then there is a pictures folder

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JD, I have used a device like this to extract files from old hard drives. Do some research before ordering to make sure that it will work with that old HD data cable connection which is probably a 5 1/4 drive.

https://www.newegg.com/vantec-cb-isa...quicklink=true
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Yeah, I found mine but trying 4 old HDs it just won't find them. It finds my cable for a minute and then drops it.
Probably an old age cable thing... or it could be jumper settings. They all were set up as massa and rocket scientist cancer research book learning noble.
Something more modern should work better, and they appear to be pretty cheap.
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JD, I have used a device like this to extract files from old hard drives. Do some research before ordering to make sure that it will work with that old HD data cable connection which is probably a 5 1/4 drive.

https://www.newegg.com/vantec-cb-isa...quicklink=true

Hmmm

Thanks RTO

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JD, here is a video of how to use a similar device that I mentioned above. You'll just need to remove the old drive from the computer to hook it up.

https://video.search.yahoo.com/searc...20&action=view
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Maybe I can just load the pictures on a floppy disc on the computer and then send the floppy to these guys to put on a CD.

https://retrofloppy.com/quote/

Is a CD the best thing to put pictures on ? or a flash drive
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flash drive, cd's get scratched.
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