Data trasfer between PCs

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Ranjit

Hi,

I am on my way to build my own PC. However now I would need to transfer all
my data from my friend's PC onto mine. Since his is a new Dell PC, opening
it may lead to voiding the gurantee, also he may not like it.
Can someone suggest some alternative method to transfer data to myPC, we
will be sharing a cable modem, so will have a router in common. Can i use
this feature to access his computer and get the files onto my new one?
btw, he has a win98 and I will have winXP.

Thanks,
Ranjit
 
| I am on my way to build my own PC. However now I would need to transfer all
| my data from my friend's PC onto mine. Since his is a new Dell PC, opening
| it may lead to voiding the gurantee, also he may not like it.
| Can someone suggest some alternative method to transfer data to myPC, we
| will be sharing a cable modem, so will have a router in common. Can i use
| this feature to access his computer and get the files onto my new one?
| btw, he has a win98 and I will have winXP.

If you are both tied to the same gateway router, it will be very simple to
network the two systems. You will be able to transfer files between the two
freely.

Larc



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Ranjit said:
Hi,

I am on my way to build my own PC. However now I would need to transfer all
my data from my friend's PC onto mine. Since his is a new Dell PC, opening
it may lead to voiding the gurantee, also he may not like it.
Can someone suggest some alternative method to transfer data to myPC, we
will be sharing a cable modem, so will have a router in common. Can i use
this feature to access his computer and get the files onto my new one?
btw, he has a win98 and I will have winXP.
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Find the XP Help facility and look up file sharing or network
neighborhood or so. You will be able to copy your files across your LAN.

Opening a Dell PC does not in itself void the warranty. But if you open
it and something goes wrong, you may be blamed, and that may lead to
voiding your friendship.
 
Julian Hales said:
If both have NICs then use a straight Cat5 cable, will take 5 min on each
puter to set up networking
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Wrong, he needs a crossover cable to connect 2 computers without a hub.
Also, since he said that they have a router in common, all they need to do
is setup file and print sharing. That way they can transfer files over the
network.
 
Mistercmk said:
Wrong, he needs a crossover cable to connect 2 computers without a hub.
Also, since he said that they have a router in common, all they need to do
is setup file and print sharing. That way they can transfer files over the
network.
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I have a router and use straight cables, x over is if NIC to NIC direct
 
Julian Hales said:
I have a router and use straight cables, x over is if NIC to NIC direct
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Can the normal Cabel/DSL router helps me out with sharing ?
I though that it will just help the two comps connect to internet but not
actually get to connect to each other !
I will search on google if I find something on this !

Also, I would try Julian's way if that works.

Thanx a lot.

-Ranjit
 
Can the normal Cabel/DSL router helps me out with sharing ?
I though that it will just help the two comps connect to internet but not
actually get to connect to each other !
I will search on google if I find something on this !

Also, I would try Julian's way if that works.

Thanx a lot.

-Ranjit
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Setup a non TCP-IP network protocol, I believe NetBui is safe to use
with a broadband connection.
 
Ranjit said:
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Can the normal Cabel/DSL router helps me out with sharing ?
I though that it will just help the two comps connect to internet but not
actually get to connect to each other !
I will search on google if I find something on this !

Also, I would try Julian's way if that works.

Thanx a lot.

-Ranjit
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My example.

Cable modem plugged into 4 port router, 3 ports direct to puters, the other
port into a 8 port hub, then to more puters.

yes my d-link router allows access to machines only into it.
 
If it's a small amount of data try a USB flash disk.
Otherwise borrow an external hard disk drive or cd burner from someone. If
not available, try a USB network adapter.
If all else fails get a null-modem cable and transfer it all the slow way!
 
Sure you can.

Chris said:
If it's a small amount of data try a USB flash disk.
Otherwise borrow an external hard disk drive or cd burner from someone. If
not available, try a USB network adapter.
If all else fails get a null-modem cable and transfer it all the slow way!



transfer
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