David said:
My PC (WinXP) has an eithernet connection to my wife's PC (Win98SE).
This connection keeps dying while copying files across it. How can I
fix this?
(Now, I'm asking this question somewhat differently. See my earlier
postings in this same thread.)
Is there a limit to the size of a single file that I can transfer from
one PC to another over an ethernet connection? The connection dies
while trying to transfer a 2.35 GB file but seems to handle that same
file when it's broken into 15 pieces of 160 MB each, even if I transfer
5 pieces (800 MB) at a time.
To transfer, I open the folder on my PC containing the file or
file-pieces and the remote folder on my wife's PC (which is shared for
read-write). Then I copy the file on my PC and paste it into the folder
on my wife's PC. Or I mark 5 pieces, copy them in a single operation,
and paste them also in a single operation, repeating twice more to do
all 15 pieces. No, I have not tried doing all 15 pieces in a single
operation.
The large file is a total (normal) backup of my C-drive excluding
Windows. I use MaxSplitter to break it into equal-sized pieces;
MaxSplitter also generates a .bat file that, when executed, reassembles
the pieces. I do an integrity check by generating a SHA1 hash of the
original file on my PC and then verifying the assembled file on my
wife's PC against that hash. (When attempting to transfer the entire
file without breaking it into pieces, the result will often have the
correct size; but the hash fails to verify.)
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