transfer files from old pc to new laptop please help!

Vinneyboy

I,m a novice and have a lot of photos, music etc i want to transfer to my new laptop is there any handy way of doing this other than burning the files on to cd, any help would be great.

sterculelum

Do you have an ipod, or other mp3? If so, you can copy everything to that and paste to the new hd.

Otherwise, get some prog called MyPC or something. Not sure, but I've heard about it, supposed to be handy.

What kinda size you talking about?

sgthighway

If you have XP on the old PC you can use Files and Settings Transfer Wizard. Writing them to CD is just as quick as any other method.

StickyMcGinty

get an ethernet card for a tenner, plug the cable into the laptop and home pc, 100mbps transfer - sit back and relax

you might even all ready have an ethernat card installed - check for like a big phone socket on the back of oyur home pc, your laptop deffo has one.

otherwise its just gonna have to be cd writing all the way...

Sgtshaft

Does both pcs have an ethernet ports? if so just network them and transfer files.

sgthighway

If you want to go the network way; you will need a cross-over network cable or a hub. Stick with the CD mate. Less hassle. I presume you have a CD Writer in the old PC. Don't wipe the PC until you are sure everything is onto your laptop.

Vinneyboy

yep both have ethernet ports. I get were you are coming from, thanks everyone for the suggestions.

Vinneyboy

Having problems connecting my old computer to new laptop,both have network cards, got crossover cable as suggested and have old computer set up in the network, but laptop will not let me select "connect directly to another computer" in the network setup wizzard it is greyed out, can anyone please tell me how to get this option available for selection?
I can see in network connections that both are connected in "local area connections" any help would be great as i'm a out of my depth here!

delly

I've never used the wizard before, so i can't help you with that, but there are a number of settings which you will need to set.

IP: set it to 192.168.1.1(Desktop) and 192.168.1.2(Laptop), can be down through control panel, or right click on network and properties, and right click on Local area network, depends on OS
Subnet: 255.255.255.0 on both machines
Network name: i.e. laptop and desktop
Workgroup: same on both i.e. home, right click on my computer and properties, computer name.
Login name: You may have to log on both machines with the same name i.e. Administrator, depending on the operating system.
Sharing: If sharing is enabled, right click on the c drive of both machines and select sharing, to set up full shares.

If all the above are ok, it should work.

/EDIT, when you say that you can see them connnected, can you see the computer name and c drive etc.?

Vinneyboy

no i can't see the computer name but if i look at the local area connections i can see it is connected on both @ 100Mbps and can see a time for long it has been conected. i will try your advice and post later to let you know how i get on, thanks for the advice delly i'm using xp home on both computers.

StickyMcGinty

right click on the folders you want to share and select "share this folder" in the properties menu. then click my computer on the laptop and click "my network places" and you should see the desktop there!

Vinneyboy

just want to say thanks to everyone for the help and advice, got the two computers connected , cheers again.