Copying/Transferring Data.
Right.
I don't have an external HD and I need to push ~12gb of data from a client's laptop to my desktop to serve as a backup. I can't do it through the network because it's wireless and as such, unstable.
Is there any way I could do a USB link? I don't think I've got the proper male-male cable for that, but my "electronics skills" are profecient enough to hack that together.
Are there any techniques I'm missing here, though? I need to back up her documents for a reformat of the host machine, so.
Thanks in advance
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you could use a free online file server
i use a site called adrive.com they give u 50 gigs free and i use it for saving mp4 movies onto so i can download them to my psp's memory stick on the go
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Could a Cross over cable work for this? I think a USB method requires a 'special' cable that has something in the middle that handles the switch around? If thats even the right thinking line.
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Bopher is correct, the USB 'network' cables I've seen have chips in the middle, some containing drivers/software.
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i agree with the previous 2 posts. you need something like a laplink cable. but i reccomend setting static IP's on the lan card (not wlan) on both these machines and putting a cross over cable between them. then its as easy as shareing a folder and copying your stuff there. as there is no DNS server in this setup you will have to access the other machine via its IP address.
\\192.168.100.1
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Laplink cable would use the LPT port, which is far too slow. In this day and age, almost all computers have an ethernet card, so just grab a crossover cable and plug between the two of them.
Set the desktop to DHCP, and enable internet connection sharing on the laptop. That will assign an IP to the laptop ethernet, and the desktop ethernet, plus share internet from the laptops wifi if needed.
Now that they both have addresses, create a folder on the laptop, and share it (allowing full access of course). Now on the desktop, open the run command from the start menu, and type \\(laptop ip). Open the share, and start copying files.
If you use a crossover, you can get up to a gigabit connection between the two computers (if both have gigabit adaptors). Crossover cables are cheap and easy to make, and definitely faster than laplink or wireless. :D
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I defiantly agree with Luke, he has a very excellent point. His would be the best way of doing it.
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Office Depot sells one for $40 that's called "Tornado"
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You can get a crossover ethernet cable from newegg for a few dollars. Link depot works fine, I have a few cables made by them.
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If you have the crimpers and some time you should be able to make one yourself. If I remember the setup right you just need to switch the two outside wires. so if you're looking at a cable plug from the bottom you see:
white with orange
orange
white with green
blue
white with blue
green
white with brown
brown
Like I said if I remember correctly you switch the brown and the white with orange and presto one cross over cable. But I would google the wiring just to make sure I'm right.