Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ethernet is plenty fast for something that Nathan is only going to do once. He can do it overnight and cheaply with a crossover cable and a couple of NICs... which I assume he already has unless he's been using dialup all this time. - -- Jim - http://www.hemenway.com Dante Stella wrote: > > If you get a Firewire card and firewire external drive, you can copy all > the data to the drive, put the card in the other computer, and hook the > drive back up. USB and serial are way too slow to handle that much data. > So is Ethernet. > > Dante > > On Wed, 1 Jan 2003, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > > During my current visit to Denmark (sadly to end on Sunday) I have > > purchased a new desktop PC. Now I have the challenge of moving about > > 15-20 GB of data (mostly pictures) from the old PC to the new one. The > > only obvious solution I can think of is to copy the files to CD-RW discs > > on the old PC, copy the disc onto the new PC and repeat the process > > until all files are moved. This is of course a rather laborious process, > > so I wonder if there is some easy software out there which would for > > example allow me to connect the two computers via the serial or UBS > > ports and just transfer the files directly. I appreciate any > > suggestions. > > > > Nathan > > > > -- > > Nathan Wajsman > > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > > Mobile: +41 78 732 1430 > > > > Photography page: http://www.wajsman.com > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html