Thread: Best method to xfer files from XT to DOS
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Old 10-12-2007, 09:10 AM   #4
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You can just connect the WINXP drive to the motherboard with the DOS and transfer the fiels you need to transfer/copy to the other disk. ofcourse you would need FAT 32 installed on the WinXP disk. but i guess it would have to be IDE Hard disk
Chances are that even if the XP drive was FAT-32 formatted and used IDE cables, the old motherboard would not be able to recognize it because of its size.
Connecting a DOS HDD to Windows machine will definitely work on the other hand.
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