networking two computers 1

[jjsgranpa]

I have two desktop computers, both running WinXP SP2.
I want to connect them together to transfer everything from one to the other(I am selling one). I have a DSL Moden with both a Ethernet out and a USB out. May I connect one to the ethernet and the other to the usb to create a network. I have to drive 25 miles to get a crossover cable to connect the ethernet together and I have everything I need to do it the way I suggested.
Any Help???

 

[micker377]

To "network" with USB, you need a "converter". USB and the NIC outputs are different. Looks like you may have to drive either way! A cross-over cable just has a couple of connections reversed. You can "donate" a cable to create a cross-ever cable. You should be able to find the wiring instructions on Google.

 

[mainegeek]

jjsgranpa,
You could remove the hard drive and slave it to the other PC and transfer data that way.

 

[stduc]

Yep - as mainegeek suggests - HD to HD is the way to go, also much quicker and less hassle.

 

[jjsgranpa]

This netowrking thing is a pain in the arse. I get the computers to see each other but they don;t communicate and after 4 hours of trying to figure this whole mess out, I am going to get an external hard drive and try to get all of my programs copied that way. I do not want to remove the hard drive from this Sony PCV-V300G ( it's only a few months old) .
The problem I have is , software that requires the reg codes come out as thier respective trial versions when copying them/ I have lost a lot of the paper work and/or emails that have these codes.

 

[stduc]

If you must network them then try this.
Both computers must be members of the same workgroup.
You must use a crossover cable. Plug it into both machines.
Set one computers IP address to be 192.168.0.1 and the other to be 192.168.0.2 and both with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.
Use simple file sharing.
Share the entire hard drive on one of the computers only.
Reboot both machines. Go to My Network Places on the machine that isn't sharing a hard drive and you should see the other machines hard drive. You should now be able to copy anything you want.

 

[wolluf]

jjsgranpa

'The problem I have is , software that requires the reg codes come out as thier respective trial versions when copying them/ I have lost a lot of the paper work and/or emails that have these codes.'

If the software was originally installed on the machine you are selling, then you've got a problem. You'd need to 'clone' the whole installation from the machine your are selling to the other machine. Unless you know the specific registry keys that hold the regsitration details for the apps concerned. Then you'd need to export these keys in regedit on one machine and import them using regedit on the other (after reinstalling the app using the proper set up on the second machine NOT by copying its 'program files' folder from the first machine). And this might still not work (depending on how sophisticated the software's registration mechanism is).

btw - to copy data, mainegeek's suggestion is good - you just return the drive to its machine after doing the copy! (you are not removing it permanently)