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CONVERTING FILES FROM WINDOWS 95 TO WINDOWS 7

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Charles Toney-Jones Posts 3 Registration date Saturday March 8, 2014 Status Member Last seen March 9, 2014 - Mar 8, 2014 at 11:27 AM
Ambucias Posts 47311 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 - Mar 9, 2014 at 04:43 PM
How do I convert files created on a Windows 95 PC to a Windows 7 PC
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Mar 8, 2014 at 06:16 PM
Hello.

what type of file are you trying to convert?
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Charles Toney-Jones Posts 3 Registration date Saturday March 8, 2014 Status Member Last seen March 9, 2014
Mar 9, 2014 at 06:58 AM
why does that make a difference, file are files. these files are saved files created on a windows 95 PC.
Ambucias Posts 47311 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,166
Mar 9, 2014 at 07:51 AM
A word file is not the same as an exe file and that makes a difference!
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Charles Toney-Jones Posts 3 Registration date Saturday March 8, 2014 Status Member Last seen March 9, 2014
Mar 9, 2014 at 09:09 AM
There are probably both types of files on this drive, but my main interest are the word files I think. This PC belongs to an elderly person and she has a lot of genealogy data on it that I would like to retrieve if at all possible.

Thank you in advance for your help.
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Ambucias Posts 47311 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,166
Mar 9, 2014 at 04:43 PM
There two possibilities, try:

testing opening one small Word file with the MS Word presently on the computer with Microsoft Office Word, and save the "file as"

If the above does not give the expected results, open the file with Note Pad and save it. Formatting may be lost but the info will be saved.