Trying to link a Windows 3.11 laptop to a Windows Me desktop

We have a dying laptop (running Windows 3.11) that has
served us well for the past 8 years. Unfortunately,
almost since the beginning, the floppy drive has not
worked, which up until now, was fine. But now with the
hard drive dying, there's a ton of work stored on that
computer that we'd like to save elsewhere.

We recently bought a desktop with Windows Me. Is there a
way to connect the two computers in such a way to transfer
the files on the laptop to the desktop? Someone has
already suggested connecting the two - laptop serial port
to the desktop parallel port. In fact, they're connected
now, but no one wants to recognize the other.

Any way to do this? (PLEASE?!)

Jack
Wed Nov 26 10:11:00 CST 2003

Purchase a very inexpensive network hub, and configure a simple
peer-to-peer network.

Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Peer-to-Peer Networking in
Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP
http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm
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Jack E. Martinelli 2002-04 MVP for Win9X / DTS
Help us help you: http://www.dts-L.org/goodpost.htm
Your cooperation is appreciated.
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"Chris Pedro" <crpedro@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> We have a dying laptop (running Windows 3.11) that has
> served us well for the past 8 years. Unfortunately,
> almost since the beginning, the floppy drive has not
> worked, which up until now, was fine. But now with the
> hard drive dying, there's a ton of work stored on that
> computer that we'd like to save elsewhere.
>
> We recently bought a desktop with Windows Me. Is there a
> way to connect the two computers in such a way to transfer
> the files on the laptop to the desktop? Someone has
> already suggested connecting the two - laptop serial port
> to the desktop parallel port. In fact, they're connected
> now, but no one wants to recognize the other.
>
> Any way to do this? (PLEASE?!)