Didn't think of the zip option or the adapter. I will look into this.
Thanks.

On Jan 24, 2:29 pm, Charlie Hoffpauir <inva...@invalid.com> wrote:
> On 24 Jan 2007 13:33:10 -0800, ephedralo...********.com wrote:
>
> >I have a old Toshiba laptop 105CS, that is failing. I have a DOS
> >program I need to transfer onto another 105CS and make a back up of it.
> >The laptop only has a floppy drive and the program and data is much
> >larger than a floppy. Any ideas on the best way to transfer these
> >files? Thanks.If it's that old it probably doesn't have a USB port, so the use of a
> "thumb drive" is probably not an option.
>
> How about networking? Even my old IBM (before USB ports) had a PC card
> slot where I could install an ethernet card..
>
> If networking isn't an option, you can always remove the hard drive,
> temporarily install it in a desktop, and copy directly from the drive.
> There are also adapters that will allow you to connect a notebook
> drive to a USB cable and copy that way.
>
> Of course, there's also the software approach... Just zip the software
> to multiple floppies.
>
> Charlie Hoffpauirhttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/