Laptop to pc fille tranfer

[dnmnbg]

Hi i was wondering if any one could point me to the right piece of hardware/cable that is you transfer files from pc to pc or laptop to pc. I bought a usb cord from walmart but in the end it didn't( it was a male to male type of usb and i didnt know what i was purchasing) work but looking now to buy the right piece of hardware or cable i need to transfer files from my laptop to my desktop at home. my laptop and home desktop isis usb 2.0 complaint not sure if it supports 3.0 i just got the laptop it in june 2012.back at home and trying to get all my video files on my desktop for video editing.


any help would be appreciated.

[aedipuss]

any kind of network? are they both online at the same time? 2 network cables and a hub is probably easiest. you could try 1 network cable but they would need to auto-negotiate the connection or the cable would need to be crossover cable.

[TreeTops]

Yep, I know what you are going through. I even bought a special cable that had some kind of interface (Box) in the center of the cable specifically designed to transfer files from win xp computer to my win 7 laptop. I never could get it to work. An error message always popped up saying something about not installing the correct transfer software, etc. In the end I just bought a external drive and used that to transfer files. Maybe one of the experts here knows how to do it with a usb cable.

Just looked at aedipuss message above and that should work. I did not have network when I tried to do it years ago.

[videobruger]

You could use a RJ-45 cross-over cable (Google it)(LAN-cable)

(and aedipuss gave you the answer as I was writing )

[dnmnbg]

No network sorry should of said that to begin with .well i dont have internet or any type of land connection at my home where my desktop is. mainly use my sister house for internet activity.

I even bought a special cable that had some kind of interface (Box) in the center of the cable specifically designed to transfer files from win xp computer to my win 7 laptop.

yeah thats what im mainy looking for but really clueless when i looking for the right kinda cord.

An error message always popped up saying something about not installing the correct transfer software, etc. In the end I just bought a external drive and used that to transfer files. Maybe one of the experts here knows how to do it with a usb cable.

windows easy tranfer software. i have that well its comes in stalled in win7 but you gotta download the sotware if you have vista or xp but im mainly working with windows 7 so its not a problem

[videobruger]

All you need is to connect your two PCs with a RJ-45 cross-over cable. That's it.

My first Google hit

http://www.wikihow.com/Connect-Two-Computers

[mL999]

Use an SD memory card ( 8, 16 OR 32 G are cheap and getting cheaper ). If your computer does not have a card reader get a USB card carrier/reader . Drag and drop the files and plug/unplug between the computers.
You can of course use the same procedure with a USB external hard drives for very big files . I do this all the time between machines which are on the same LAN because I am too stupid/lazy to learn a more elegant method . If it is a movie file I can also play it through the USB socket on the personal video recorder.
Alternatively you can write the files onto DVD and transfer the DVD manually..
The clever kiddies will be scornful of of all this but I dont care -- it always works .. best wishes mike

[themaster1]

if the laptop has wi-fi and the desktop aswell you can make these 2 comp's see each others and share files, read this first: http://www.home-network-help.com/ad-hoc-wireless.html

[jman98]

All you need is to connect your two PCs with a RJ-45 cross-over cable. That's it.

The Russian that means "please" is one of the very first words I learned when I was studying Russian. Can you write it correctly in Cyrillic right now? Do you even know what it is without having to do look at a translation site? The point it, yes, he can use a cross-over cable, but your kind of response drives me crazy. Trust me, if he freakin' knew HOW to use the cable he would NOT be posting here in the first place. Brain surgery is easy to those who went to medical school and interned in the subject. Russian is easy to me because I studied it.

Seriously - the OP tried to use a USB cable to accomplish this task. You might as well hand him a book in Greek with a Greek-English dictionary and tell him he's got a day to translate the whole thing as expect him to do what it will take to get the cross-over cable working. Can some of you guys please get a freakin' clue that some tasks actually require training/knowledge that the average person does not know? I do know what it would take to use a cross-over cable, which is why I didn't suggest it. Again, if he tried to use a USB cable, he lacks the background necessary to make your suggestion work.

[classfour]

The USB transfer cables that I've used had limitations. Typically: the operating systems had to be the same. These were special cables, to the extent of having a type of filter in the ends - I would never hook two machines together with at typical USB - too much risk of frying something.

The network crossover idea looks to be viable - but I've never taken that approach.

The SD or external hard drive route seems to be the lowest risk, and effective.

[jagabo]

32 GB flash drives can easily be purchase for less than US$20 now. That's your best bet unless you have a lot of data to move.

An ethernet crossover cable is cheaper but you'll have to set up networking on both machines. It can sometimes be a pain getting an XP machine talking to Win7 or 8.

[TreeTops]

So far I count 10 different ways to move files from one computer to another:

1. Use some kind of cable between the two computers
2. Use a network
3. Use a USB cable
4. Use a special USB transfer cable
5. Use a RJ-45 cable
6. Use Windows 'Easy transfer software'
7. Use a SD memory card
8. Use a external hard drive (My solution)
9. Use the LAN method
10: Use windows built in file sharing.

The Cravat: some of the above just doesn't work. So beware of all this free advice. You'd think by this time someone out there would have figured out how to do it. That's another reason why I don't buy computers until I really need to upgrade. The effort of moving stuff from the old computer is a lot of work and never easy.

[Nelson37]

Most network cards do not need the crossover cable any more, the OP may have a router, anyway.

He wants to move video files, an extra storage medium will make this twice as long.

We would need to know what he has available, the network method is the cheapest and most efficient.

The steps are quite simple and there are many here who can walk him through what is needed.

It's likely, however, that he already got it done and this thread will die.