The home PC that I would like to transfer (pictures, etc) from is a dinosaur without CD writing capability. (My new PC is much better, thank you). How can I transfer data from the Fred Flintstone 1.0 to my newbie? Do you think if both were on an internet connection, I could e-mail the files?
Thanx!
2007-02-26 02:01:54 · 12 answers · asked by stargazergurl22 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
If you old pc has a usb port than all you need is usb cable and plug them together and turn them both on and just transfer the information using the "files and settings transfer wizard" located in your system tools, on your start menu. or you can remove the drive from the old computer and put it in the new computer as a second drive and copy paste the information from one drive to the other
2007-02-26 02:08:44 · answer #1 · answered by rcbrokebones 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are products you can buy for easy PC-to-PC transfer. If you have a home network (you do if you're sharing a high speed internet connection), you can run the network set up wizard on each and drag and drop what you need to transfer into a folder on the oldie and share it. Then on the faster computer, open an explorer window (any folder), and on the tools menu, select "map network drive." Pick your shared folder. Then drag and drop to the new computer. You can create a network if both computers have an ethernet port and you connect them together with a "cross-over" cable (ask the associate at your favorite PC store). Personally, I think the best thing would be to use a USB flash drive to "carry" the files from one PC to the other. If the oldie won't recognize it, download the drivers. As far as over the internet, I guess you could email but it would take forever. Do some research on FTP and/or VPN. I suggest FTP.
2007-02-26 02:15:22 · answer #2 · answered by jarrod d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Emailing is a possibility, but emails generally have a 10MB attachment limit, meaning you could only send 10MB of data at a time. That would be very time consuming.
If your old computer has a USB port, you could try transferring data from that computer onto a USB Flash memory drive. You could then plug this into your new computer and copy the files across.
Alternatively, if both the computers are on a network, you could put files into your Shared Folder on your old computer and then access them on your new computer through My Network Places.
2007-02-26 02:07:18 · answer #3 · answered by whee! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you could email the files, but there are several other methods to transfer...
1) Use a USB drive
2) If both machines have Ethernet (RJ-45) you can either hook each to a hub/switch or direct-connect to each other with a crossover cable and make a "mini-lan" with file sharing, and copy with Windows Explorer "drag and drop"... Things to watch for when doing this: Firewall needs to permit this, and "File and Printer sharing" needs to be activated...
3) Another possibility is to remove the hard drive from the old PC, and temporarily attach it as an additional drive to the new PC... Then you can also just copy the files to the new one!
2007-02-26 02:04:45 · answer #4 · answered by N2FC 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
emailing the files is an option. However if your old pc is truly a dinosaur, it might take ages to even upload the pictures via email, not to mention emailing them out.
u could try using floppy disk to transfer the pictures, however the memory space of floppies are rather small, and u might only be able to transfer 20 pictures max. But for word documents u might be able to to transfer 10-15 documents.
would your old pc have USB2.0? you could use a thumb drive then. you could transfer up to 30-40 word document, maybe 50 pictures and whole cd albums. Of cos it depends on the memory size of your thumb drive.
all the best!
2007-02-26 02:12:44 · answer #5 · answered by pur_cess 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a router, then use the local area network to transfer the files. Just set your primary folder to SHARING and copy it through the network.
PROGRAMS? No, you would need to install that on the new computer. Sometimes, you can then copy the DATA of that program into the new computer. You will have to experiment.
You can keep that nice old computer just for the games on it.
Good luck and Happy Computing!
2007-02-26 02:07:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i ffel the best way you can transfer is through a LAN connection providing between two PCs.and share the files ,
advantages of doig so are
1> No redundancy of files
2>time saving (if fred has much to carry with him)
if not ,
simply copy data , throw away old one....
2007-02-26 02:42:00 · answer #7 · answered by niranjan k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That depends on how old and what operating system is on "Fred". If the old pc has usb ports, try a flash drive.
2007-02-26 02:07:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the files arent to big, then just email them. If your old one has a usb port then just use a flash drive, or an external hard drive.
2007-02-26 02:05:10 · answer #9 · answered by matt_archbold2002 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it has a USB port, you can transfer all but large programs with HP's Intellimover.
2007-02-26 02:12:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋