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Need Some Help.
2006-05-22, 10:00 AM #1
I need a program that can transfer files between 2 computers. Please no P2P just some sort of Computer-Computer connection.

The reason is im about to reformat and i need to backup some of my files. The other computer im backing them up two is in the other room.

Any ideas?
2006-05-22, 10:05 AM #2
Is it possible i could make a torrent of the stuff and then use Bittorent to get on the other computer?
2006-05-22, 10:06 AM #3
DVD, CD, yousendit.com, etc.

Torrents will take too damn long.
"Jayne, this is something the Captain has to do for himself"

"N-No it's not!"

"Oh."
2006-05-22, 10:07 AM #4
Well, if you want a program to do it, what's wrong with enabling sharing and copying files directly over the network?
Hey, Blue? I'm loving the things you do. From the very first time, the fight you fight for will always be mine.
2006-05-22, 10:08 AM #5
I cant use Yousendit.com because its a whopping 400 megs of stuff.
2006-05-22, 10:08 AM #6
[QUOTE=- Tony -]Well, if you want a program to do it, what's wrong with enabling sharing and copying files directly over the network?[/QUOTE]
The computers aren't hooked up over a network [No router]
2006-05-22, 10:09 AM #7
400 megs?

Use a CD.
"Jayne, this is something the Captain has to do for himself"

"N-No it's not!"

"Oh."
2006-05-22, 10:09 AM #8
Backups should always be made onto a seperate disk really.
2006-05-22, 10:12 AM #9
Or just put the old harddrive in the other computer.
Sorry for the lousy German
2006-05-22, 10:12 AM #10
I don't have the cash for a burner. Looks like im using bittorent...
2006-05-22, 10:14 AM #11
Ok how bout someone just shows me how to make a computer-computer network without a routor. I have a 20 ft network cable downstairs could i use that to connect them?
2006-05-22, 10:18 AM #12
how about
"Jayne, this is something the Captain has to do for himself"

"N-No it's not!"

"Oh."
2006-05-22, 10:18 AM #13
you edit instead of double-post.
"Jayne, this is something the Captain has to do for himself"

"N-No it's not!"

"Oh."
2006-05-22, 10:41 AM #14
Get a flash drivem assuming you have USB ports. They're really cheap.
Pissed Off?
2006-05-22, 10:41 AM #15
why don't you just take the hard drive out, make it a slave drive, put it in the other computer and transfer all the files that way.
free(jin);
tofu sucks
2006-05-22, 10:43 AM #16
Originally posted by 7:
why don't you just take the hard drive out, make it a slave drive, put it in the other computer and transfer all the files that way.


How would i do that?

And i have no USB 2.0 portsso im pretty sure no newew USB drives would work.
2006-05-22, 10:43 AM #17
Originally posted by Tiberium_Empire:
Ok how bout someone just shows me how to make a computer-computer network without a routor. I have a 20 ft network cable downstairs could i use that to connect them?


So long as that cable is long enough, you could use it, but it has to be a cross-over cable.

From there just make sure they're both part of a workgroup, and are able to see each other and you should be fine, though you may also have to set static IPs to each computer as well.
2006-05-22, 10:45 AM #18
Originally posted by Tiberium_Empire:
How would i do that?

And i have no USB 2.0 portsso im pretty sure no newew USB drives would work.


you do it exactly like i said. take out the hard drive. change the jumpers to slave configuration. put it in the other computer. really quite simple.
free(jin);
tofu sucks
2006-05-22, 10:46 AM #19
Originally posted by 7:
you do it exactly like i said. take out the hard drive. change the jumpers to slave configuration. put it in the other computer. really quite simple.


The guy who doesn't know what in hell a jumper cab;e is gonna know how to do that?
2006-05-22, 10:47 AM #20
Originally posted by Tiberium_Empire:
The guy who doesn't know what in hell a jumper cab;e is gonna know how to do that?


google is your friend

http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/op/jump.htm
free(jin);
tofu sucks
2006-05-22, 10:48 AM #21
Originally posted by FCTuner04:
So long as that cable is long enough, you could use it, but it has to be a cross-over cable.


Most newer NIC's detect the cable order and will automatically internally switch if the wrong cable type is used. They're idiot-proof now. :(
2006-05-22, 11:22 AM #22
Originally posted by Shintock:
Most newer NIC's detect the cable order and will automatically internally switch if the wrong cable type is used. They're idiot-proof now. :(


As an off-topic to this, many switches/hubs also do this for you, allowing you to use crossover cables if you managed to destroy the clips on your good cable at a LAN party >.>
2006-05-22, 11:24 AM #23
Originally posted by Tiberium_Empire:
And i have no USB 2.0 portsso im pretty sure no newew USB drives would work.



What about 1.0? They'll still work.
Pissed Off?
2006-05-22, 1:12 PM #24
His computer is too old. It doesn't automatically crossover, I can almost guartanee it.


Making a crossover is easy.

Just cut the cable somewhere. Peel back the outside insulation, then strip the insulation on the little wires inside.

For the rest, you should get a diagram on google, because I can't remember what goes where.
2006-05-22, 1:23 PM #25
Im using NetMeetng to transfer the files.
2006-05-22, 3:03 PM #26
Hamachi.
2006-05-22, 3:05 PM #27
Originally posted by Tiberium_Empire:
Im using NetMeetng to transfer the files.


And why couldn't you just share the entire drive on the network and drag/drop?
2006-05-22, 3:18 PM #28
[QUOTE=Vincent Valentine]Hamachi.[/QUOTE]


Isn't that XP only?
"Jayne, this is something the Captain has to do for himself"

"N-No it's not!"

"Oh."
2006-05-22, 3:28 PM #29
He doesn't have XP?

Why do people still use 8 year old operating systems?
2006-05-22, 6:58 PM #30
[QUOTE=Vincent Valentine]He doesn't have XP?

Why do people still use 8 year old operating systems?[/QUOTE]

why do people still drive 8 year old cars?

because they still work
Moo.
2006-05-22, 7:03 PM #31
This is more eight year old sandwich, though. We ARE talking about computers.
"Jayne, this is something the Captain has to do for himself"

"N-No it's not!"

"Oh."
2006-05-22, 7:42 PM #32
[QUOTE=Glyde Bane]This is more eight year old sandwich, though. We ARE talking about computers.[/QUOTE]

not really. with hardware, yes, of course you wouldn't want to be using something 8 years old. but we're talking software, and a casual user would have little reason to spend money switching from 2k to XP, since most applications still support both. I didn't switch to XP until last year, and that was only because I didn't have a choice.
Moo.
2006-05-22, 8:46 PM #33
Originally posted by A_Big_Fat_CoW:
not really. with hardware, yes, of course you wouldn't want to be using something 8 years old. but we're talking software, and a casual user would have little reason to spend money switching from 2k to XP, since most applications still support both. I didn't switch to XP until last year, and that was only because I didn't have a choice.


He's running Win98, not Win2k. Thus, it's really, really old.
2006-05-23, 3:58 AM #34
Win98 is an insanely unstable sandwich, if you ask me.
"Jayne, this is something the Captain has to do for himself"

"N-No it's not!"

"Oh."

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