Transfer files to new laptop??
I was wondering if anyone knew how to transfer files from my computer to a new laptop. I have about 50gigs or so i would like to have on it, mostly top gear videos. Is there an easy way to do this?
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I ended up transferring all my stuff recently on a 2gb USB flash stick.. And copy-pasting back and forward, many, many times. (*insert swearing here!) :banghead:
Day after said transferring, I discovered the joys of the external hard drive. The transferring process would have taken a fraction of the time if I had used this instead. Definately check out this possibility if you can! :-) ..Or just spend half your Sunday, as did I, with the humble USB flash stick doing it old-school:-P |
If you don't have LAN an external Hardrive would propably be the easisest way.
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You can Transfer:
1. Trough LAN 2. Trough Bluetooth 3. With DVD/RW's or with a stick 4. With an external HDD 5. You HDD from laptop is probably on SATA.You can put it on you PC and copy the movies. |
Ok thanks for your input, I think the way out for me is getting a external harddrive. Very much appreciated
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What kind of laptop is it? Yeah if it is Windows then either do an external or burn DVDs.
If it is a Mac you can turn one of the Macs into a "Target Disk" mode machine and basically turn it into an external drive. That way you can drag and drop. But you need a Firewire cable though. |
50GB is a decent amount of data. Get a network hub, or better yet wireless router to get the most out of your laptop at home. Then look up creating shared folders for access between the computers.
It's always nice to have an external hard drive for back ups, but if you do not want to spend the money for another drive you can just get an external USB case for your old computer's hard drive, then connect that to your new laptop. |
And next year this time all you will need to do is burn 1 double layer Blu-Ray disc ;)
If you cant wait till prices drop, Panasonic already has a $500 double layer BD burner All Hail Sony! :) |
Ethernet Crossover cable just plug them into each other. On my laptop it automatically detects whether it needs a crossover or not so i could use a normal Ethernet cable. You may be able to too.
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I have never heard of this before. How exactly would i do this? i have a few ethernet cables lying around or do they have to be crossover cables? |
http://www.razertech.com/edge/hardwa.../crossover.htm
Go there for the network settings you will need. There is a chance you may not need a crossover cable, you can always try wont hurt anything. If you cant get it to work you can get crossovers at best buy or most local stores. |
So i am guessing crossover cables are not the same as your regular ethernet cord? Also, i have a router, any way i can transfer the files over that?
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