Help!!! pc to pc transfer.

trance2004 · 30-09-2005 4:47pm #1

Hi all!

Yesterday I bought new vaio desktop, so now I want to transfer all my files (photos/videos/etc) from my old pc into the new one.
All together its about 20 gigs of stuff to transfer.
Can anyone help me with this?
Is there a way of transfering files via usb?
I googled little bit and I found that I would need some USB Data Bridge Cable.
Did anyone try that?And how does it work.
And of course -is it expensive?

Cheers for all the info

Nocturnal · 30-09-2005 4:57pm

Just use a cross over...n leave it run!wont take that long!

trance2004 · 30-09-2005 5:03pm

Bit more info please

Capt'n Midnight · 30-09-2005 6:11pm

www.marxcomputers.ie used to do a usb cable with the necessary electronics for €30 or so

if the donor PC has windows XP then crossover cable cable connections are messy.

Nocturnal · 30-09-2005 6:16pm

cross overs arent messy at all,just connect a cross over cat5 network cable between the two network cards,then just create a network between the pcs,go into internet explorer ant type \\name of pc u want to connect to,have all the files u want to transfer shared by right clicking them and going to sharing and security....

wandererz · 30-09-2005 6:39pm

1) Buy a crossover cable from PC World (easiest solution)
2) Use it to connect the 2 PC's together
3) give each network card an IP address
4) Open Windows Explorer on one PC & in the address bar type in the adresss of the other PC e.g. \\192.168.10.1\c$ (where 192.168.10.1 is the address of the other machine.

5) Navigate to the folders you want to copy & begin copy.

trance2004 · 30-09-2005 10:25pm

Thanks for all your info

Got the crossover cable from my friend and transfered the files.
Took ages to copy the files,but now I'm sorted.
Once again thank you everyone

Help!!! pc to pc transfer.

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