Hook up a laser printer, print a big report for filing and start again. Most of that data probably isn't very relevant. If the program is old and unsupported then starting over might be a better solution. You still need the program to access the data. More importantly - data alone isn't very useful. I can't remember the name of the software but you used to be able to set up a network across a serial or parallel cable. Prices should be anywhere from $80 to $200 depending on the size of the drive. If you shop there are from time to time deals with rebates for about the same as what you would pay for a high capacity USB Flash drive and it can then become part of the back-up strategy to copy the data regularly too. If there is a hugh amount of data (10 gig or more):įinally there are USB hard drives (again one that supports Win 98 if it is still running on the Gateway) out there that could take all the data on a single transfer. If the 2 systems have a network card in each (again the specs of the Gateway linked do not mention any- but there could have been one added at some point if it was used for internet broadband or in a business setting) then you could wire them together and set up a little network to move the data across a cable (If you have no switch, router or anything else besides the Ethernet cards inside the systems- get what is called a cross over cable to connect them- a standard patch cable will not work at all so don't try it unless you have a switch or router equipment) It may take some time to do the full copy of the data, but many times you can start it and walk away - unless you get an error or something happens. But if the old unit still has Windows 98 installed on it you will need drivers to get the drive to work (many do not come with older OS drivers any more- but are available on the web sites) Or as someone else mentioned USB Flash drives are 1 gig, 2 gig, 4 gig (4 gigs are now under $100) and really portable to carry data. 30 each so it could be pretty cheap for a 1 time data move (it does take a little extra time though sticking the disks in and burning)

I'd also wonder how much data you are dealing with (go to the unit right mouse click on the folder and see what the size is) and then if it is under a gig the options would be:ĭoes the Gateway have CDR Burner in it? If so then burn the info to CDR for transfer- the CDR's are about $. It will be a hard one to probably take out of the system (if you know what you are doing it would be worth seeing how easy by opening it up and seeing if the drive is mounted so it can be moved over to the other system.

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