Basara hit alot of the methods already but as you said the cheapest and easiest of all I will have to mention one of my favorite quick file moving things my little usb flash drive the one you hook up to your key chain. They come in many sizes from as small as 1 gig cost around 1-2 bucks to 8 gig drives cost around 7 bucks 15gig 20 gig and higher which range from 10 to 30 bucks.Best way to move files from on comp to another?
Easiest....?
Cheapest...?
I do not have a network. They are all connected to the internet via a router.
easiest,cheapest ?Thanks guys. I was wondering if flash drives would work. it seems a good way to move some pictures and stuff...
I may yet work up the nerve to try the network... I am still a bit traumatized from the hard drive thing though.
Make sure you save the instructions as to how to configure your two computers on the desktop before you start. Anytime I go to use a crossover cable, I forget how to do it and have to keep plugging the computer into the internet see what to do next. I'm not too savy with computers. I once completely lost my recycle bin. It took over a day with three CS majors in college to get it back. I swear it was not my fault. Luckily they did not all drink beer, so I handled that department while we worked on it.If I have to move large amounts of data between 2 comps with no network infrastructure, and slaving the hard drive from one into another isn't an option, if they are (or can be) physically close together, I usually just take a crossover cable and direct connect the computers together via their network cards. You just need to manually configure them with IP addresses on the same subnet to make sure they can talk, but that is easy enough.
Crossover cable = $10 at BestBuy, CompUSA, etc.
-Skylark
Simultaneously? ie your router has several internal network ports so both your new PC and old PC can connect to one of these ports at the same time and surf the net?They are all connected to the internet via a router.
This just reminded me of watching the Price is Right. Kelmo is the contestant and we are all part of the audience shouting out to him, as he decides what to pick to get the next Plinko chip.OK, now that poor Kelmo's head is exploding with all this information. . .
what have you decided to do Kelmo?
Well, that isn't an option if your new computer only has SATA connections, and your old computer has SCSI or IDE/EIDE. I have run into that pain a number of times. An external drive enclosure that accommodates multiple drive connection types is handy, but you still have to pull the old drive out, which can be various degress of hassle. A low cost network switch with 4 - 5 ports will give him a network so the comps can talk. He can put the computers on the same workgroup and then set the entire XP computer C drive as a share temporarily to copy stuff over to the new one.whoh whoh whoh...man all you gota do is take your old hd out of your old comp. set the lil plastic thing to slave. hook it to the seccond hd cable in your new comp. access your new hd from your explorer. what i would/have done anyways.copy/paste when done.discon it and drill holes in it.
He also mentioned earlier in the thread that the PCs "are all connected to the internet via a router."Kelmo, I am now a bit confused as you said you purchased such a switch a couple of months ago, but now you say you do "not have a network". What happened to it, did the kitties eat it?
-Skylark
Eh, that doesn't work so well with large uploads (tried it recently).easiest,cheapest ?
what about send yourself an email and add the file?
otherwise, usb sticks are cheap in these days,and soooo comfortable
Office Max had 4 GB sticks on sale this week for $9.95. I've seen similar deals at Wal Mart. You can get a 128 GB USB flash drive if you want to pay the $400!!Well I think the easiest way for someone who doesn't want to do some configurations is the USB stick. You can get them large enough to hold a gig or 2 and it ends up being faster than burning CD's.
*heads to Office Max*Office Max had 4 GB sticks on sale this week for $9.95. I've seen similar deals at Wal Mart. You can get a 128 GB USB flash drive if you want to pay the $400!!