RE: [Leica] OT: how to move lots of GB between computers

["Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>]

The systems won't always recognize each other when using a crossover cable,
and you may need a hub.

Austin

> Nathan,
>
> With a couple of 100Mbps Ethernet cards, it shouldn't take much
> longer than
> an hour to transfer the data.  Ethernet cards for desktop PCs are pretty
> cheap (I'd budget the equivalent of £20 or so - although you can pick them
> up for much less).  You may find that the new system already has
> an Ethernet
> connection, so it may only be necessary to buy one for the Older
> PC.  If you
> get a crossover cable, there is no need to buy a hub.
>
> HTH
>
> Mark Pope
> Swindon Wilts, UK
>
> http://www.monomagic.co.uk
> http://www.leica-gallery.net/mark-pope
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.pope4/Galleries/PAW/index.htm
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Hemenway" <Jim@hemenway.com>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 12:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: how to move lots of GB between computers
>
>
> >
> > 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

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