How to backup files on windows 95

You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Backup solution for Windows Thread starter axem56 Start date Feb 25, Reaction score 0 Location NC. I had a customer call today that has a Windows 95 machine that he needs a backup solution for. He has a tape drive that he was currently using but has quit working, he mentioned using a cd burner but I'm not sure if this will work with Windows He does not want another tape drive and isn't interested in updating his computer because of some proprietary software.

Customer would also like to do the same on a computer running Windows for workgroups. Do you guys have any suggestions? Reaction score 1 Location Huntersville, NC. Add a hard drive and use the built in backup service. Windows 95 comes with a backup tool or accessory that you can use to backup your data files.

In fact, you can backup your whole hard drive for that matter. Click to expand I just thought about that option after I posted, but I hadn't researched it yet. Thanks for the quick response and link. Thank you! Any more feedback? The more you tell us the more we can help. Can you help us improve? Resolved my issue. Clear instructions. Easy to follow. No jargon. Pictures helped. Didn't match my screen. Incorrect instructions. Too technical.

Not enough information. Not enough pictures. Any additional feedback? Submit feedback. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Let's look at the question of physical transfer first. You have two options:. These adapters are cheap and easy to get on EBay, so if you are happy with this method it will work well for you. You can also copy your data onto a backup location and then access that backup from the Windows 7 machine.

The backup location can be an external hard drive, a USB drive provided you have Windows 95 drivers for it, of course , floppy discs, or a network location. If you are using method 1 above, you'll need to do some preparation. If you are using a different browser, take similar steps to export the bookmarks and store them within the documents folder. Finally, if you store mail messages on the computer as distinct from using an IMAP account or GMail etc , you'll need to back up your mail messages as well details vary from one email program to another I'm afraid, so I can't help you much here.

Having done all that, copy the contents of the "My Documents" folder to the backup destination if following method 2 , and from it to the new computer. If connecting the old hard drive directly, you'll just need to copy the data once, from teh location you noted down earlier and into your new Documents folder. You'll need to move pictures, videos etc, if there are any, manually. It's difficult to comment about data conversion, since there are so many possibilities.

Some types of documents e. Word 97 and later will open just fine on later versions of Word.