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

You have to jump through some hoops to share drives or folders etc. Some
tweaking on each side. Mostly on the source side though. You have to SHARE
the stuff you want to share. With different versions of Windows it can
sometimes seem finicky to get going. The external drive will be the fastest
and easiest for a one time thing. If you wanted to do it more often the
network solution would win out. I've got sharing going between most of my
systems and it's nice to be able to do that. I'm running gigabit network
speed between some of them and that makes a big difference in the time it
takes to do lots of data.


On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Ed Tesiny <eptept at gmail.com> wrote:

> I know you're right John but there must be something I missing because I
> can't share files between my laptops and desktop.  It like when i tried to
> get the printer that connected to the desktop to be accessed by the
> laptops, no go, I probably am just not network savy enough.  Sigh...
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 5:05 PM, John R Bartow <jbartow at winhaven.net>
> wrote:
>
> > If your wireless and Ethernet router is one in the same then you should
> be
> > able to share folders between everything regardless of connection type.
> > That
> > is unless you specifically blocked wireless access to your LAN, which is
> > never the default on consumer models.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Ed Tesiny
> > Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 12:29 PM
> > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Transferring data between desktops (cross posted)
> >
> > 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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