DOS Games Discussion

Wally*Won_Kenobie · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:11 pm Post subject: Saving files from old HDs

*Topic split from http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10999 *

dosraider · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:29 pm Post subject:

A real optimist, our Wally ....... Shit-Eating Grin

hmmmm · Guest

Positivly dead xD. It sucks that I will never know the game.....

dosraider · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:30 am Post subject:

You always can try to hook the harddisk in another PC, I've saved files from HDs that weren't used in 10-15 years with that method. Unused HDs hold data much longer then floppies, certainly the old ones, they are rock solid.

Wally*Won_Kenobie · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:26 pm Post subject:

just make sure you dust the bloody thing down and slave it off.

You would have a lot of problems if you didnt slave it off. Such as the old OS booting and wanting 100220000 drivers before you can use it.

dosraider · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:34 pm Post subject:

Ahem Wally, I can hook old Dos6.22 HDs as primairy in my AMD64 3500+/1GB RAM and it boots/runs perfectly ....... we aren't talking crappy incompatible Macs here LOLZ. Maybay he'll get a soundcard error, but that's no problem at all. There won't be driver problems as they are on his HD.

sorry Tbbbbbth!

Wally*Won_Kenobie · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:49 pm Post subject:

oh dos, yes but he could have had windows 95 on them Happy

dosraider · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:17 pm Post subject:

.....Windows 95/98/ME can boot in dosmode..... no problem.

Meh

simply give it up Wally Happy

dosraider · Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:15 am Post subject:

Situation:
->Old primairy MSDos6.22 HD 305Mb. Me wants to save the files.
->Vista PC, primairy HD, secondary data HD, network drive ... etcetera.

-> Me disconnects secondary data HD from Vista PC, hooks ol'Dos HD in.
Vista boots, no protest at all (Vista HD is set as only bootable in BIOS)

What gives?

Vista sees and can read the ol'Dos HD

Copied the whole stuff to a network drive:

Tadaaaaaa, all my files are on the network drive, accessible and saved.

-> disconnect ol'Dos HD and reconnect secondary data HD, done.

See Wally, no pain, total duration: less than 20 minutes and all is done.

Resized the pics to 800x600, saves load time Happy

Wally*Won_Kenobie · Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 5:01 pm Post subject:

oh your a smartass Tbbbbbth!

Thanks for the laugh though. Laughing

dosraider · Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 5:37 pm Post subject:

You're welcome.
Shit-Eating Grin