jacknife Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 I have some files on one computer in this house that I want to transfer to the other. Some of the files are over 700mb meaning I cant burn them on a cd-r to do the transfer. Is it possible to hook up two computers together and copy and paste a file from one computer to the other? If yes, please explain in detail how I would do this. If not, any other solution? Neither computer has a dvd burner so that is not an option. thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The JD Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 Are both the computers in the same house? If yes and if you have an ethernet card installed on both computers then you could use a crossover cable to link them up through LAN. Once you've done that just copy the files into the shared folder on one computer then go to the other one and they should show up in it's shared folder. Now just copy them to another location and you're done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Righty Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 If you aren't able to use a router, switch or hub use a crossover cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slayer Posted May 1, 2006 Share Posted May 1, 2006 Because of some reason, I can't hook up 2 computers over my WLAN router. I hate it so much. Dunno why, computers just wouldn't recognise each other. Anyway, JD explained you what to do. However, make sure that you have 802.11g (54mbps) or SuperG (108mbps) standard. If you have 802.11b (11mpbs) it would be faster to hook them up via cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted May 1, 2006 Share Posted May 1, 2006 Make sure they're on the same workgroup, have different IP addresses on the same subnet, and they both access the internet through the same default gateway on your WLAN router. Then ping them to see if they can reach each other, then set up file sharing so it all works properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The JD Posted May 1, 2006 Share Posted May 1, 2006 (edited) I'm pretty much a newbie at networking so I haven't got a clue as to what you guys are on about! All I did to hook my two computers up was buy an ethernet crossover cables and connect them to both the PCs. And lo and behold XP's Idiot-Proof system recognized both the computers etc. and I was immediately able to use Shared folders and the internet on the second computer as well. Edited May 1, 2006 by The JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octane Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 I'm sure you can because when you redue or just got Windows XP it alows you to do a File Transfer Setting to your old computer to your new one. You need a LAN cable connected to both of them to transfer for that setting i know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvi Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Even though this topic is out of date that reminds me I still have to set up filesharing and sort out port forwarding on mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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