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moonwitch
Well, I assume just about everyone has heard me shout about my new computer, which will be here soon. But the issue is that I have a lot of data on a partition on my old pc (the one I am using right now).

I want to transfer the data from this pc's HD (which is a laptop) to the new one (desktop). I know I can easily do that by connecting them by their network cards. But still I have a few questions.

Firstly I'll give you the main specs of the "host" pc and the "receiving" pc.
Host pc : IBM Thinkpad 390E, PII333MHz, 256MB RAM, 12GB HD @ 4500RPM. This pc runs Windows 2000 Pro.

Receiving pc : AMD Athlon64 3400+, 120GB HD @ 7200RPM, 1024MB RAM running Windows XP Pro.

Of course both are equipped with a network card LOL, that's the basic eh?

But now my questions? Can I make a network, which is just temporary, between XP and 2k? I have a few network cables here, but there's all Crossed... well half crossed LOL only one side is crossed the other is (how else) straight. But the issue is, can I connect the pc's on a different method to transfer about 4GB or data and all that.

I have a router, but only has ONE connection for a pc....

Any suggestions? (other then making a new network cable.. because I don't have the stripper and the RJ45 connector I think)

 

 

 


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vizskywalker
If, as you say, one side of the ethernet cable is crossed, in other words it is a crossover cable, then it should be able to directl connect your two computers without the router. You can then set up a network easily between xp and 2k, if you need to by running the network setup wizard on xp and fiollowing its instructions. That should allow for around 100Mbps data transfer.

~Viz

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moonwitch
Well, that's comforting to know smile.gif 100Mbps is good since it's a lot LOL.

Well, I went by my old textbook on hardware. Basically I have 2 LONG network cables to connect the NIC with the router/cablemodem. The issue is that I can't read my handwriting that well (heh, it's been 4 yrs).

I'll just give it a shot. For now I'll pray that I can go get that comp sooner than Tuesday tongue.gif And then I'll pray for the cable transfer thing.

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vizskywalker
If you can't get the computers to talk to each other (to recognize the netowrk) make sure your cable is this kind. Oh, and XP has a nifty system for transferring settings and files, but I don't remember what it is called, windows should try and help you with it or you can find it easily in the windows help.

~Viz

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