I want to install a 212Mb HD(212Mb HD has an existing and operable Win3.1 OS with all my old important data on it)from a 486 computer into another 333 Mhz computer with Win95 OS and 3.2 Gb HD. I have tried all the possible combinations of master/slave connections, fdisk, and other things etc for days. All I want is my data,software,info etc off 212Mb HD onto my 3.2Gb Hdrive. What I want to do is access the 212MB HD treating it as a harddisk of files but instead it seems both drives can't be used on a computer when each HD having a different version of OS installed for use. I believe there must be a way to operate in the Win95 environment and still have access to the 212Mb Win3.1 OS harddrive for its data. I don't want to lose any of my 212MB HD files or data except for files such as autoexec, config.sys,win.ini, system.ini, etc or other OS system files. Presently I have had many results such as computer locking up to harddrive not being visible or accessible upon bootup etc.

It is as simple as this: I unplug my 486 Mhz computer's 212Mb (with operational Win3.1 OS)harddrive and I plug it into my 333 Mhz computer with an operating Win95 system on 3.2Gb HD and I want access to the 212Mb HD files. Simple... but of course it isn't. I have a CD-RW but of course I can't use it with Win 3.1 OS to back-up these files.

P.S. Each harddrive does work perfectly fine when I boot up while each HD is singlely connected at any one time. What gives here?

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!