I need help transferring a very large file (3.94 GB)?

Question

I cannot burn the file to a DVD because my DVD burner is not compatible with my Windows 98 computer.. is there some way to post the file on port 8080 and remotely connect to it and download via HTTP? All help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

You could turn on peer-to-peer file sharing. Open an *windows* explorer window and right click on you a drive (like C:) or folder and choose "Sharing" or "Sharing and Security" and follow the instructions to share the drive or folder. Look in windows help for more info under "Sharing".

You could use http to move the file but you would have to setup a web server like the built-in "Personal Web Sharing" which is much more complex.

-Mike

Answer 2

Well, before I say anything, downloading a 4GB file remotely is going to suck. That being said, you should be able to connect to your C drive remotely if three things are true:

1. Remote Procedure Call is enabled on the Windows 98 machine.
2. You have access to either a command prompt or file explorer on the remote computer so that you can map a network drive.
3. You have the username and password for the Windows 98 machine.

Then, as long as your 98 box has an IP address and your firewall or ISP don't prevent the remote connection, you should be able to map the C$ share of the 98 box on the remote computer, giving you access to the file. Then, start the download and go take a nap, cuz it will be a while.

Answer 3

If the two computers are close to each other you can get a crossover cable. It's basically a ethernet cable that allows the transfer of files between two computers. Just plug an end into each computer and you'll see the computer show up in the 'My Computer' window. You can then move files as you would in windows explorer. If transfering file between locations a 4 gb file would take forever to download. i'd just buy a 5 gb flash drive to transfer. You could also use winrar to compress the file into seperate cd files.

Answer 4

Find a back way into the dvd burner drive from the device manager, open it and right click and copy the file and paste into the waiting to burn section.

Answer 5

You can use Flash memory which can hold 4 GB info
You can use multiply CD-Rs, split the file and copy it on multiply CDs
You can connect PCs by a network and move the file
You can use hyper terminal software if computers are far away but it will send with dial-up speed and you have to pay the phone bill
I think you can use send file ability in Yahoo messenger or similar software but I'm not sure if they support such a big file
If you have a high speed internet connection, you can split the file to 4 1GB files and send them with e-mail (if your e-mail support smaller files then split it to smaller size and send with more e-mails)
How to split that file? you can download winzip (trial version)

Answer 6

dude the best way is to install an ftp server in your other computer and use your LAN or even internet if the computer is far away. if it's gotta be http for any reason you'll have to have a webserver installed and find or write a program to spit the raw data bytes. However i don't see any sane reason to use http except if you are trying to do something spooky.

Answer 7

How about using something like Winzip to first zip up your file and then split it into multiple pieces? It can sometimes be used to split up a main zip file into several smaller components, making it easier to move around.

Answer 8

u can do that but most places would charge u because its a very big file, most places are free up to 1gb

Answer 9

A twin-layer DVD, or exterior HD might want to be the basic way. you also might want to get a huge flash force, yet i might want to ascertain contained in the lengthy time period you may want to get extra use of the DVD burner, or exterior HD that the flash.

Answer 10

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