PC to PC File transfer

[Adam]

I'm having no luck with Window's XP File Transfer Wiz. I
am connecting:

OLD COMPUTER:
Compaq Presario 2256 w/Win98 (First Ed) -- AMD-K6., 48 MB
RAM

NEW COMPUTER:
Dell Dimension 4600 w/WinXP; Pentium 2.6; 512 MB RAM

I'm using a serial null modem cable to go between the
serial ports, but the two machines don't seem to do so
much as a handshake. Is this a null modem cable
problem? A port setting problem? I need to transfer
about 400MB of data, and the only other way is through
floppy disks (argh).

 

[Papa]

Using a null modem cable and a serial port to transfer 400 mb of data is
going to take forever (almost). To do the transfer quickly, you should
install a NIC in each machine and use a CATegory 5 crossover cable. See
www.practicallynetworked.com for additional info.

 

[Guest]

But will that also transfer my settings, email, etc?
This is what XP was supposed to be good for, and that's
what I wanna do -- but the serial cable option doesn't
seem to actually WORK.

Thanks for the reply, BTW -- the crossover option is the
next step, for sure.

 

[Papa]

XP has nothing to do with it. If you transfer a file, and the file contains
some settings for an email program, then the settings will get transferred -
but you must specify where. Then your email program, if it is Outlook
Express, has an Import function to access and install those files, which
could be your address book, your mail account settings, etc..

 

[Gary Tait]

Using a null modem cable and a serial port to transfer 400 mb of data is
going to take forever (almost). To do the transfer quickly, you should
install a NIC in each machine and use a CATegory 5 crossover cable. See
www.practicallynetworked.com for additional info.

Or burn to CDR, if the old computer has a CDR/RW drive.

 

[Ron Sommer]

A different solution is to pull the drive out of the old computer and
connect in place of the CD-ROM (DVD) in the new computer. You may have to
change the jumpers on the drive.
Transfer data
Remove and reconnect.

 

[Ken Blake]

In

A different solution is to pull the drive out of the old computer and
connect in place of the CD-ROM (DVD) in the new computer.

Installing the old drive in the new computer is often a good
solution, but it usually isn't necessary to disconnect the CD
drive. Most computers have two IDE ports and each can support two
drives. Since most people don't have four IDE devices, there's
usually a spare connector available, or you can buy another cable
very inexpensively if the second one isn't installed.

You may
have to change the jumpers on the drive.
Transfer data
Remove and reconnect.

Or keep that old drive in the new computer if the old computer
isn't going to be used. It doesn't hurt to have an extra drive.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

 

[Ron Sommer]

In


Installing the old drive in the new computer is often a good
solution, but it usually isn't necessary to disconnect the CD
drive. Most computers have two IDE ports and each can support two
drives. Since most people don't have four IDE devices, there's
usually a spare connector available, or you can buy another cable
very inexpensively if the second one isn't installed.

My thought is by using the CD cable, there is a better chance that the old
drive would be installed to the secondary IDE port.
You will have the cable for the old drive.
--
Ron Sommer

You may
have to change the jumpers on the drive.
Transfer data
Remove and reconnect.

Or keep that old drive in the new computer if the old computer
isn't going to be used. It doesn't hurt to have an extra drive.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

 

[Gary Tait]

A different solution is to pull the drive out of the old computer and
connect in place of the CD-ROM (DVD) in the new computer. You may have to
change the jumpers on the drive.
Transfer data
Remove and reconnect.

Or borrow/buy a USB HDD box.