NetCablesPlus
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Hi,
I have an old Win 98SE laptop that I would like to copy about 250 Mb of data from onto either a newer XP or Vista computer at home. They are all connected (hardwired) to a Linksys router. The BIG problem (I believe) is that I long ago forgot the Windows login password for the old laptop and simply hit the 'escape' key when the login screen comes up (you could do that with Win98 and I have done so for years), so the laptop is not seen on the network by the other machines.
Any thoughts as to how I might be able to access the old laptop? Would connecting via a crossover cable directly between the two machines make it any easier to do this? Any other ways to do this? Thanks.
I have an old Win 98SE laptop that I would like to copy about 250 Mb of data from onto either a newer XP or Vista computer at home. They are all connected (hardwired) to a Linksys router. The BIG problem (I believe) is that I long ago forgot the Windows login password for the old laptop and simply hit the 'escape' key when the login screen comes up (you could do that with Win98 and I have done so for years), so the laptop is not seen on the network by the other machines.
Any thoughts as to how I might be able to access the old laptop? Would connecting via a crossover cable directly between the two machines make it any easier to do this? Any other ways to do this? Thanks.