tranfering files from PC to PC?

[yogart]

I have a large 15GB AVI file and I don't ahve a an external drive, but I want to tranfer to file to a different PC. Is there a way I connect both PC and tranfer the file that way? Is software needed?

[JohnnyMalaria]

There are a number of ways but it depends on your PCs....

What operating systems are on each?
Do you have FireWire on both?

If you have Windows XP and FireWire on both, you can connect the two PCs together via a FireWire cable. Each PC will "see" the other as if on a network - which it is!

Or - do you have Ethernet on both? If so, you can directly connect each Ethernet interface together - but you need a special cable (a "cross over" Ethernet cable). Alternatively, if you have an Ethernet hub, connect both PCs to it using normal Ethernet cables.

In the above cases, you don't need any special software. You just need to know how to tell one PC to find the other on the network.

[yogart]

Will try the firewire way. Will the two XP PC instantly as a network?

Thank for the help

[edDV]

You go through all the normal network setup steps. Only difference is firewire is the network connection rather than Ethernet cards.

BTW this feature has been deleted from Vista.

[yogart]

So if I have this large file on an XP PC, I can not network it over to a Vista PC on firewire or the Eithernet?

What would be the solution then?

[edDV]

So if I have this large file on an XP PC, I can not network it over to a Vista PC on firewire or the Eithernet?

What would be the solution then?

Do you have Ethernet on both sides? Then you can use networking or the XP file transfer thing ... What is it called? Direct connection? Haven't used it in years.

[dwill123]

If both PCs are connected to a network (router) then you can just "map a network drive" and copy the file from one drive to the other as if it were on the same machine.

[JohnnyMalaria]

So if I have this large file on an XP PC, I can not network it over to a Vista PC on firewire or the Eithernet?

What would be the solution then?

edDV means that the FireWire networking isn't supported in Vista (according to Microsoft, no-one used that feature so they dropped it. Kinda stupid - it's only in the last year or so that FireWire has become standard on many PCs that people have started to use it. Oh well.)

Ethernet will work just fine between Vista and XP.

Note - you'll need to "share" the drive/folder with the files that you want to copy. And you'll need to know the IP address of that PC.

[SingSing]

Go to Staples or officeMax or CC or BB and buy a cross-over ethernet cable, and run a two node network. At 100MB/S.

Your 15GB file will be transfer in minutes.

[SingSing]

Just transfer a 4.3GB movie over wifi/b at 11MB/s in 26 minutes. It should take less than 5 minutes over erthernet cross over or hub.

[JohnnyMalaria]

Just transfer a 4.3GB movie over wifi/b at 11MB/s in 26 minutes. It should take less than 5 minutes over erthernet cross over or hub.

Indeed. My local network is wireless (54Mbps) and that's why the FireWire networking was so useful when wanting to transfer huge files from one PC to another less than two feet away! I wish Vista still supported it.... Oh well, I'll just use an external hard drive instead.

[bballnut]

If both PCs are connected to a network (router) then you can just "map a network drive" and copy the file from one drive to the other as if it were on the same machine.

How do you do this? I just bought a wireless router but do not know how to "map a network drive".

sorry.....newbie at networking.

[thecoalman]

If you don't want to go throught the trouble of setting up a network connection you can use Winrar or some other file splitting program to bust the file up into 4 chunks then burn each file to a DVD, preferably RW.

[Bjs]

Download this pdf , it shows how you go about it , the whole deal and ends with drive mapping , and with pictures .

http://www.smartlaunch.net/Download/Guides/How%20to%20Setup%20a%20Network%20Connection.pdf

[dwill123]

If both PCs are connected to a network (router) then you can just "map a network drive" and copy the file from one drive to the other as if it were on the same machine.

How do you do this? I just bought a wireless router but do not know how to "map a network drive".

sorry.....newbie at networking.

It's not that difficult, the hardest part is making sure that the drive you want to access has "sharing" capability enabled. Read this article first to enable sharing (depending on your computer OS):

Sharing a hard drive over a home network

Next, make sure you know the name or ip address of the computer where the shared drive is. Also you will have to know the login id and password (because you may be prompted for it).

Finally go to your desktop and right-click on "My computer" icon and select "Map Network Drive ...". A Map Network Drive box will open:



In the drive box select an available drive letter (one you are not aready using). In the folder box (using the example right below it) enter: \\computer name or ip addr\share name (example: \\MYSONPC\D$ or \\123.123.123.1\D$). If you always want to connect to this drive when you start your pc then make sure the "Reconnect at login" box (right below) is checked. At this point you may be prompted for an id & password, in a box like this:



Enter the id just like in the picture using the computer name or ip addr first (no leading slashes) then single slash followed by the id (example: MYSONPC\login id or 123.123.123.1\login id). tab and enter the password (by itself) on the password line.

If you've done everything correctly then in a few seconds a window showing the attached drive should present itself on your screen. Sometime this will not happen but the drive has attached. You must then check by opening "MY Computer" icon on your desktop and look at the bottom for the atteached drive using the drive letter you selected in the "Map Network Drive" box.

This procedure should work if you have a home network setup using a router to access a cable or dsl modem to access the Internet. Good luck.

[bballnut]

Download this pdf , it shows how you go about it , the whole deal and ends with drive mapping , and with pictures .

http://www.smartlaunch.net/Download/Guides/How%20to%20Setup%20a%20Network%20Connection.pdf

I'll give this a try later today.

thanks for the fast response.

[jameshgross]

How'bt Windows Help "Map Network Drive"
Google "Map network Drive"

Rember: "Give a man a fish you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish you feed him for a lifetime"

Always try windows help first.