but I am wondering how many of your PCs have network interface cards. This is a good way to transfer files. you can disassemble and reconnect drives to the XP machine. Remember, each new drive it sees is a hardware change. It's a bit cumbersome but you can also configure the PCs to transfer data through the serial or parallel ports. As for USB, I'm thinking your Win95 rig may not be able to support this at all. As for being Raid ready, this give no advantage to file transfers. Is the network interface card an option?
I'm trying to decide how to consolidate four Win95 computers. They each have 30 or 40 gigabyte harddrives, and each, of course, has its own OS.
I bought a 200Gb ATA Maxtor internal just because it was on sale for $70 and have not installed it anywhere.
I need to analyze the information on all of the Win95 computers. It would be great if I could work with it all on my WinXP computer. I also have a Win98 computer or I could keep one of the Win95's.
So, how best can I get all files except OS stuff off the Win95ers and onto one machine?
I can get carriers to make swapping harddrives around easier. Or I could get a USB harddrive enclosure for about $20. Or I could install the 200Gb harddrive and each Win95 drive to the XP computer. Also, the motherboard in the XP computer is RAID ready.
Any suggestions?

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