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[mas17]

I have just bought a new PC and want to transfer some of the data held on the old PC.
I know that I could copy the data to CD and transfer but since both PC's are running Windows XP(Home) and both PC's are 'Network Ready' is there a simple way to transfer the data without the need to purchase a £20 cable for this 1 off job. Any help would be appreciated.
Many thanks

 

[edfair]

Acrivating the network on both and buy a crossover cable to tie them together.
Share the drive on the old one and copy from the shared drive to the resident drive on the new box.
US would be $5 to $7 at most retail locations.


Ed Fair
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[paparazi]

mas17
"without the need to purchase a £20 cable for this 1 off job"
Remove your old hard drive (take off both case side panels and remove the 4 hard drive retaining screws)

Set the jumpers on this drive to slave

Fit as slaveor master with a CDrom device on secondary IDE channel on the new PC (using the spare or used piggy back connector part way down the ribbon cable) give the drive a power plug (molex)
Start the PC
The drive should be detected (you may need to restart the PC)
Files can now be copied across.
I know all this sounds dificult but what I have described should take less than 10 minutes.
Refit drive back into old PC
It doesn't matter that the HDD is just hanging off the cable but I would just place a Video box or similar under it whilst connected, also be careful not to short or touch the circuitry.
Martin


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[jurgen36]

aparazi
he will have to restart the machine, I hope he switches the machine off and disconnects the power plug before he fitts the other drive or he could fry his mainbord.
sorry about the errors but by shift key just got stuck.
regards.

Jurgen