[access-uk] Re: Transferring files to new computer
- From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:06:06 -0000
Tell me how you get on and all the best with it. Keep persevering! <Smile>
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Carol
carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Logue" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 9:47 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Transferring files to new computer
> Hi Carol.
>
> I was in Glasgow today and purchased an inter-connect cable for both
> computers. I'll not get a chance to try this out until early next week as
> I
> have a friend visiting for the weekend, and will probably not get a
> chance.
> to try it out.
>
> I've got a tutorial from Rick from the BCT list and will try my best to
> follow this next week.
>
>
> Best wishes.
>
>
> Andy.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 10:32 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Transferring files to new computer
>
>
>> Hi Andy,
>>
>> No, I haven't heard the tutorial you mention. I used another from the
>> BCT
>> list, I think. (I have it somewhere . . ..)
>>
>> I have NOD32 for both computers separately as the laptop leaves home on
>> occasions, so that presented no problem.
>>
>> Actually, the desktop is plugged into the router and the laptop accesses
>> wirelessly so not plugged in anywhere. (This has created a few
>> difficulties
>> and loss of wireless on occasions which, as yet, I haven't fully
>> rectified,
>> but most of the time it's fine.)
>>
>> Hope this helps a bit, at least to tell you that someone else had
>> problems.
>> I don't think I am savvy enough to help you through many of them, though
>> many on the list are well able.
>>
>> Hope you get sorted soon. Keep us posted.
>>
>> --
>> Carol
>> carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- 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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