[access-uk] Re: Transferring files to new computer

Hi Graham.

I got it from  the Blind Geek Zone at 
http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/audio.htm  There are two tutorials, a recent 
one on Wireless and a previous one on Routers and cables.

Best wishes.

Andy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Graham Page" <gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 9:38 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Transferring files to new computer


> Hi andy.
>
> would be interested in where to get the podcast for this networking
> tutorial, though I think I know how to set up a network OK.  Where did you
> find it? is it on blindcooltech?
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Andy Logue" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 9:23 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Transferring files to new computer
>
>
> Hi Carol.
>
> Did you set it up using Rick Harkman's tutorial from the BCT List?  I've 
> got
> it but find it a bit complicated.  Rick suggested half-way through his
> podcast that perhaps peoples Anti Virus software will also need to be
> modified.  Did you need to do this, and finally, Did you plug both 
> computers
> into a router or to each other?
>
> I do fancy a network but a Pen Drive would be convenient.  At the moment 
> I'm
> burning files onto DVD's  What a waste eh?
>
> Best wishes.
> Andy
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 2:50 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Transferring files to new computer
>
>
>> Andy,
>>
>> Certainly a pen drive will be easy and quick for transfer, but you may
>> want
>> to consider networking your computers in the longer term so that you can
>> transfer files on the fly.  I even managed to do it and never thought I'd
>> succeed . . ..
>>
>> I tend to agree, though, that if you want to get up and running and 
>> anyway
>> have some storage you can move about, a pen drive (or external hard 
>> drive)
>> will be the way to go.
>>
>> HTH:
>>
>> --
>> Carol
>> carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Andy Logue" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 8:55 AM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Transferring files to new computer
>>
>>
>>> Hi Roger.
>>>
>>> Yes, I got a tutorial that sounded quite straight forward, in the since
>>> that
>>> you gave each computer a unique name and made sure both shared a same
>>> group
>>> name, but then everything got very complicated when you started of 
>>> moving
>>> files back again from on computer to another.  The guy who was doing the
>>> tutorial ended up creating names like, drive so, up, w, r, etc etc and I
>>> could see me getting really confused.  This is why I was thinking of a
>>> simple attachment from one computer to another, then using the Network
>>> Setup
>>> Wizard, but then I think you need to tell your Anti-Virus systems to
>>> allow
>>> or disallow.  All very confusing.
>>>
>>> I was thinking of an external drive and believe that these are getting
>>> both
>>> more reliable and cheaper and I may talk this option over tomorrow when 
>>> I
>>> visit PC World.
>>>
>>> Your option of having a 2 gig Pen Drive sounds my sort of thing also,
>>> though
>>> I can get 4 gb on a DVD.  More work burning but far less expensive.
>>>
>>> There is also the new double sided and double layered DVD's which can
>>> hold
>>> 17 GB, but then these take some considerable time to burn and are
>>> probably
>>> a
>>> lot more expensive and I'm not sure in my version of Easy CD Creator
>>> would
>>> handle them.
>>>
>>> So how much did you pay for your drive?
>>>
>>> I've got about 400 AD mp3 movies and 600 albums to move over, so the
>>> larger
>>> the drive the better.
>>>
>>> Best wishes.
>>> Andy
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "roger south" <roger.south@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8:24 PM
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Transferring files to new computer
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Andy
>>>>
>>>> Do as I did and take the coward's way out. I've a 2 gig pen drive so I
>>>> loaded it from the old machine and downloaded to the new machine. Since
>>>> then
>>>> I now have an external hard drive so I would now plug it into the old
>>>> machine and load everything I wanted and then plug it into the new
>>>> machine
>>>> and move it to where I want it to go. If you are intending to network
>>>> the
>>>> 2
>>>> machines that's fine but if not trying to work out the connection just
>>>> to
>>>> move some data is a little over the top to me.
>>>>
>>>> Roger
>>>>
>>>> Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Andy Logue" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 7:47 PM
>>>> Subject: [access-uk] Transferring files to new computer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all.
>>>>>
>>>>> I wish to copy a huge amount of files from my old xp home computer to
>>>>> my
>>>>> new
>>>>> media centre computer.
>>>>>
>>>>> As I've got a Belkin Broadband Router, I was thinking of setting up a
>>>>> network.  I got a tutorial on this from a member of the BCT List, but
>>>>> found
>>>>> it very complicated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Am I not right in thinking that I can connect both Inthernet sockets
>>>>> together using an Inthernet cable?  If this is correct, is it a 
>>>>> special
>>>>> kind
>>>>> of cable or will the one   which I've got to the Router be suitable.
>>>>> Also,
>>>>> is setting the software up to do this very difficult or will I be able
>>>>> to
>>>>> do
>>>>> this without assistance from a sighted person?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Best wishes.
>>>>> Andy
>>>>>
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