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I’ve got a question for you computer types. I’ve got two computers sitting at home, and I’d like to transfer some files – including thousands of photos I’ve collected over the years – from one hard drive to the other. Is there some quick and easy (and inexpensive) way to connect the hard drives and directly transfer the files without having to first store them on some other media?
Fastest, happiest way is to go buy a ~$20 or less USB hard drive enclosure from Fry's. Or borrow one, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
If they both have ethernet, you can have them talk to each other, but that's neither fast nor happy if you haven't already done it.
I've got a ten gig storage drive you can borrow if you'd like...
Just make sure you use a DoD approved algorithm to wipe the drive if any of those photos are sensitive in nature - you don't want 3Bean's photoshop skills to come into contact with those. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Treibenschnell
Ethernet is an easy way to do it and once you get comfortable with sharing data you can also easily share printers.
RJ
Altiain's pics? Never!Quote:
Originally Posted by channelmaniac
Titus' however...
...in a New York minute.
I bought an external USB attached hard drive a few months back (300GB for ~$150). You can back up to it from the old machine and then restore to the new. When you're done you can use the new drive to do scheduled unattended backups. ::2Cents::
or install one of the hard drives in the other machine and copy that way.
Do you have Highspeed internet? Would you like to share it with both computers, as well as share the files and photos? Buy yourself a couple of Wireless NIC's (network cards) and a wireless router (if you don't already have one) If you have DSL by SBC, then you will probably already have one. Then network the router and the two computers together, share your folder that has your info on it and copy them to the other computer.Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
$120 for parts (if you allready have a wireless router) and some guidance here and wola, internet on both pc's you can share your printers, as well as files. Then you can also setup a cross network backup to automaticly backup your important files to the other computer, safegarding them from h/d failure.
I've got FIOS and a wireless network at the new house. All of my computers are on this network, but I haven't got a clue how to share data from one to the other over the network. Can you walk a computer neophyte through the process?Quote:
Originally Posted by TurboDuane
What operating system do you have on each computer? That will determine how to set up user accounts and file system permissions...Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
Or... for some pizza & drinks we could have a "configure Altiain's home network" party and do it for you.
RJ
or for us Mechanical types... it's actually easy to open up the box from one computer, plug the hard drive into the 2nd computer and just ransfer all teh data that way.. Takes one setting change in the Bios to tell it to look for teh drive and viola! you have ilke a f:/ drive on yoru computer!
I think I go with the "pizza and beer and set up Iain's network" idea. :wink:
I have Millenium on two of the computers (I know, I know...) and XP on the new one.
If you have Millenium on two of the computers, I strongly suggest burning them. In a fire. A hot fire.Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
:cat:Quote:
Originally Posted by tailchaser
I've got kerosene and matches... ::Flame::Quote:
Originally Posted by tailchaser
He's right... it's a POS OS for networking...
I think you guys have lost track of the original intent. I don't want to network. I don't want to take over the world. I just wanna transfer the thousand+ racing photos that made up the screensaver on my old PC to the new one without spending the entire day burning CDs.Quote:
Originally Posted by channelmaniac
I think I'm gonna crawl back in my cave now... :?
Like I mentioned earlier, I've got a storage drive you can borrow...Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
That's what I would do. Easy breezy.Quote:
Originally Posted by rx7gslse
Install the source drive in to the target PC. 10 minute job at best.Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
3Bean, I think I'll take you up on that. Are you going to be out tomorrow night?Quote:
Originally Posted by Treibenschnell
Yup...
On all machines, to keep it simple, you want to verify they are all on the same workgroup.
I'll try and walk you through the ME part, but I'm honestly not as familar with this O/S. To check and/or change the workgroup, right click on "Network Neighborhood" (XP calls it "My Network Places") and go to "properties." Within properties, each computer needs a unique name, call them anything you want. You will also see the workgroup name, on me it's probably defaulted to "MSHOME." All three computers need to have the same workgroup name.
On the XP machine, right click "My Computer" and click Properties. Then click on "Network Identification" and verify or Change the computer name, and the workgroup name (XP default is "Workgroup"). Remember Workgroup needs to be the same as it is on the ME machines.
Now, go to the computer that you want to share the files from. Go to
"My Computer" and right click the folder that contains the files and choose sharing and click on the option to share the folder. Click permissions and give everyone permission to read/write files. Once done, you should be able to see a hand show up under the folders icon, indicating the folder is now sharred.
Now go to you XP computer. Click on "My Network Places" and view workgroup, or choose see all computers in workgroup. When you see the computer icon with the name of the other computer that has your data, double click it. You should see the shared folder, double click it. You should then see all your files. Then highlight all the files you want to copy, then copy them to a folder on your new computer.
I may have left some minor things out, but I'll pm you my cell phone #.