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morelia · Post by **morelia** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:02 am

What is the best way to transfer data to and from Desktop PC and Laptop. After registering my IK stuff the old fashioned way I have decided there must be a better way. I have seen a USB device that hooks into the PC and the laptop reads from it via wireless communication somehow. Is this pretty good. I am looking for a cheap option that will not drive me crazy.

Thanks

geoslake · Post by **geoslake** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:14 am

USB key

freeztar · Post by **freeztar** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:29 am

Run a patch cable between them...That way you can just drag and drop into networked folders. Or you could setup a wireless network and be able to access anything on either computer throughout the house.

C00kie · Post by **C00kie** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:38 am

I did use FX Teleport, a dos program that communicates over cross-linked serial or parallel cables. Then later switched to a windows program for long file names support (sorry, forgot the name) but that stopped working in WindowsXP. Windows 98 had the feature included, called it cable network or something.

This was way easier to set up than a proper network connection between a win98 and an XP machine. For some reason I can't get a reliable connection over ethernet. Can "see" the PC is there, but can do nothing with it. And it only works one way, the other pc can't "see" the first. I'm hopeless with network setups I guess...

I'm interested weather something exists on XP that can send & receive files over a parallel or serial cross-linked cable like FX did.

morelia · Post by **morelia** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:45 am

USB key sounds cool if they make them big enough.

I like the anywhere in your house option. Can someone give me some info on that. Do I need to be a networking genious to use that. Or is it like when XP senses a digital camera plugged in and it just opens up a new folder in "my computer" that I can browse through?

cimoc · Post by **cimoc** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:50 am

USB memory stick. Plug it in one pc, it is detected as external or portable device (like a floppy). Copy your data on it, then go to the other pc, plug it in. It is detected again, and you can copy and paste data anywhere you like. Comes with capacities from 32MB (really small) to a couple of giga I think. Medium capacities (256-512 MB) are rather cheap, too. Stay away from wireless.

Attention: this is just for data transfer, not communication between two computers.

Derek up North · Post by **Derek up North** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:54 am

morelia wrote:What is the best way to transfer data to and from Desktop PC and Laptop. After registering my IK stuff the old fashioned way I have decided there must be a better way. I have seen a USB device that hooks into the PC and the laptop reads from it via wireless communication somehow. Is this pretty good. I am looking for a cheap option that will not drive me crazy.

Thanks

For ease of use and transfer speed I'd go for a point-to-point wireless network (unless you already have a network hub available). If the laptop has wireless built in (lots of the newer ones do) then you just need to wireless enable your PC (which is, I guess, what the USB device you refer to does). Then there's some technical stuff to get them to see each other (I can't pretend to know how to do that - I got walked through it by a mate who's a techhy guru), set up some folders in Windows as "shared" (done in windows explorer I think) and you're off.

The other option would be to buy an external hard drive and keep plugging and unplugging it between them but I get the feeling this isn't what you're looking for.

By the way, if you're trying to make software registration any easier then I don't think you can - I think most software generates it's reg code based on what it sees in your PC so if you just copy the files over to a different one then it will ask to be reregistered.

Regards,

Derek.

Derek up North · Post by **Derek up North** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:55 am

Having read the other replies (damn, people around here are too helpful and type too fast!) I'd second the USB memory key idea for smaller volumes of data.

Regards,

Derek.

morelia · Post by **morelia** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:12 am

USB it is then, all I am after really at this stage is a way to quickly transfer data without having to burn a CD.

Thanks ever0y one. Much appreciated.

P.S. My pet cockatiel typed the 0 in "ever0y" so I guess he got nothing out of this.

UltraJv · Post by **UltraJv** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:33 am

Yes USB is the easiest. You can get flash storage up to 2GB and HDDS as big as you like

Wireless is slow (divide the speed given by 8 to see its real speed) and only good for broadband distribution. Networking can be a pain if you want simplicity.

Paulie Phonick · Post by **Paulie Phonick** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:46 am

No, the easiest is a Firewire cable, if the desktop has a FW port. Plug them together, give them IP numbers like 192.168.0.1 and .2 with 255.255.255.0 subnet mask and you get a 400MBit network connection. Works as charm.

tomg · Post by **tomg** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:27 am

If you need the room... even if you don't

, a external USB HD is a good way to go. It's also useful for imaging your partitions. If you've got an extra HD the external case can be had for under $30 US. Less if you've got a 2.5" drive. I've got 80gig and 160gb externals for backups using this case... It's cheap but it works great even at USB 1.1 speeds, much better under USB 2 though.

http://www.directron.com/sbteku35.html

I looked a long time to find a USB boot disk that works, found it here....

http://www.stefan2000.com/darkehorse/PC ... t_disk.ZIP

With this boot disk, the external HD and Disk Image or Ghost. You can boot from DOS and image your HD partitions for backups. If your system crashes boot the USB DOS disk and restore your boot partition. Very cool stuff.

If you already have something that uses SD cards check out the Lexar Trio. I have a Palm and this makes moving stuff real easy. Sam's has 1GB SD cards under $80. I actually did a win98se upgrade on one of my tablets with this little goodie... Under $20 in camera departments..

http://www.lexar.com/readers/trio.html

Peace

Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:55 am

I agree that for quick results an USB stick is doing a great job.
If you however plan to do things like that more often, if you also plan to have both machines connected to the net AND if you have a flatrate broadband access anyways (just as most of us do these days), a very nice solution is using a router and just setup a small home network. Even the not so technically challenged (such as me) can set up such a thing in minutes.
It's extremely comfortable. I have 2 desktop PCs and one laptop and data transfer between them just is no issue at all. Let alone as soon as I plug them into the router, they're ready to go online.
Only downside is that I have quite some network cables running through my flat (wireless being too expensive for all the three machines).

djsubject · Post by **djsubject** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 11:04 am

if both are on xp setting up a network should be simple!!

& the cheapest by far

amij · Post by **amij** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 2:24 pm

A cross-over network cable is not bad. More betteer if you have a GB network adapters. Patch cable will not work on two computers without a switch or hub

PC to Laptop communication