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| 270759 | 2004-09-09 10:45:00 | I hae purchased a Laplink Serial Cable to transfer files between two Windows XP Home computers, and have set up a connection (host on one and guest on the other). It connects fine. My question is, how do I transfer files from one PC to the other? |
promethius (1998) | ||
| 270760 | 2004-09-09 11:36:00 | Answer = incredibly slowly. Try Windows help, for matters related to network setup wizards. Sorry, can't get too specific due to a deceased WinXP after SP2 fiasco etc. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 270761 | 2004-09-09 22:40:00 | anyone else? Do I have to set up a workgroup? thanks |
promethius (1998) | ||
| 270762 | 2004-09-09 22:51:00 | Nope... You want to setup a Direct Cable Connection. I used some software called FX: Fast Link to do it last time I did..... Years ago.... ;-) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 270763 | 2004-09-09 23:04:00 | By any chance do both these windows XP machines have network cards? | Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 270764 | 2004-09-09 23:23:00 | You might get reasonable speed -- though I wouldn't use a serial link for gigabytes unless I was desperate -- because you can probably run at 115200 bps. DCC is the one. However, these day there are better ways. ;-) I'm more and more impressed with my USB MP3 player which pretends to be a 64MB floppy. Just plug it in and there's a "Removable Disk" in My Computer. Works well in Linux too. You can get them bigger, and they are pretty cheap-- someone has 128MB ones at $69 this week (just the "disk", not an MP3 player ;-)). For a permanent network connection, Ethernet (or wireless ;-)) is the way to go. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 270765 | 2004-09-10 01:48:00 | > Nope . . . You want to setup a Direct Cable Connection Yea I did that, and as I say it connects fine . I can't find the software you mention? Do I need seperate software to transfer files? > By any chance do both these windows XP machines have network cards? Only one of the computers has a network card, so I am using what I have available . > You might get reasonable speed -- though I wouldn't use a serial link for gigabytes unless I was desperate -- because you can probably run at 115200 bps . It doesn't matter if it takes a week, I have the time . > For a permanent network connection, Ethernet (or wireless ) is the way to go . It's not permenant, just need to transfer 2gb of files, and as I say, it doesn't matter if it takes a week, I'd rather use what I have than purchase anything else . |
promethius (1998) | ||
| 270766 | 2004-09-10 02:12:00 | Personally i would have put both Harddrives in the one machine and copied the files over. | metla (154) | ||
| 270767 | 2004-09-10 05:36:00 | *bump* | promethius (1998) | ||
| 270768 | 2004-09-10 06:56:00 | How do you know they connect fine? Have you tried using hyperterminal? |
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