[access-uk] Re: Transferring files to new computer
- From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:49:00 -0000
I think there was a 4GB pen drive being sold on Amazon for rathaer less than
this just recently, if that's of any interest.
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Carol
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----- Original Message -----
From: "roger south" <roger.south@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 9:23 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Transferring files to new computer
> Hi Andy
>
> A lot of data so maybe a pen or micro drive may not be the best solution.
> But
> http://ukdvdr.co.uk/shop/USB-Flash-Pendrives-c-354.html
>
> do a 4 gig micro drive for 30 quid and they're in Edinburgh. Not sure
> where
> you actually are but they have a collection system so no postage payable.
> These pen and micro drives are so simple to use and have so many uses.
>
> But an alternative worth looking at is a Lap Link set up. Simply put a
> cable
> between the 2 machines with software installed on both to recognise it and
> then just squirt the data down the line. I've used them many times years
> ago
> and heard a while ago they are still available so a search on Google may
> well find it. Not the fastest transfer, or didn't used to be but set it up
> and go to bed for the night and it should be done by morning.
>
> Roger
>
> Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
>
>
> ----- 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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