[dba-Tech] Transferring data between desktops (cross posted)

Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com
Fri Jul 19 12:33:23 CDT 2013


Normally a router has 4 wired ports in addition to the wireless.


On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Ed Tesiny <eptept at gmail.com> wrote:

> Gary, yes I have a router and all the laptops access the internet over the
> network but wouldn't I need a wireless adapter for the old PC?
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 1:19 PM, Gary Kjos <garykjos at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes to the external drive being the easiest since you have it on hand..
> >
> > But you don't have a router and a network set up for all your computers
> etc
> > to share your internet connection?
> >
> > I would normally just copy files across the network from one machine to
> > another.  Windows has built in file transfer using that.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Ed Tesiny <eptept at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I haven't done this in a long time.  I know I can create a bunch of CDs
> > and
> > > move the data over but is there an easier way like cabling the two
> > together
> > > somehow.  Duh, you always get a little smarter when you hit the send
> > key. I
> > > have a 500 Gb external hard drive and the hard drive on my old PC is
> 150
> > > Gb, so would that be the way to go?
> > > MTIA,
> > > Ed
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