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  1. 12-31-2008, 03:06 PM #1
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    Question 'puter gurus step up

    My old computer went belly up about a month ago. It will not operate other than in "safe mode". All my reloading data was stored in a document file with backup on 2 separate floppy discs (remember those?). I can access the document and the floppy drive, but the CD drive will not operate, as a prompt tells me it is not in the system. My new computer does not have the floppy drive to load all the data onto the system

    My question is,,,Can I access the safe mode on the old computer, plug a flash drive into a USB port, download the info, and then upload it from the flash drive onto the new computer?

    This will save a lot of typing, as 10 years worth of data is on the file!!!

    Advice and directions por favor.
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  2. 12-31-2008, 03:56 PM #2
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    Lead Melter,
    I don't know if the USB thing will work but if it doesn't, you can get a floppy drive that plugs in to the usb port of your new computer for $10-15.

    Good luck, Jack
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  3. 12-31-2008, 04:16 PM #3
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    Smattern fact, I forgot that when the wife's 'puter croaked with a motherboard failure, I pulled the hard drive out and put it in a $10 USB enclosure to recover our banking records.

    Jack
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  4. 12-31-2008, 06:59 PM #4
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    Lead Melter,

    You should be able to move data to a USB drive while in safe mode.

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    Safe mode bypasses poading non-essential peripherals so you CD drivers could be bypassed. You could use "MSCONFIG" instead. Read this
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