Transferring large files from XP

[bambinoh]

To those much wiser than I,

I purchased a Windows XP machine for the purpose of using it with my analog video capture hardware that is no longer supported after XP. I have zero experience with vintage computing. I've been able to successfully capture the video with the capture card and I am attempting to transfer it to an external at any speed faster than near 1 to 1 duration (video length to transfer time) as these files are large.

I've purchased a USB expansion card thinking I could get USB 3.0 transfer speed but learned after installing it that XP only natively supports USB 2.0. I then purchased a 1 TB Samsung SSD and Sata III cable but after initially getting XP to recognize it under disk management, converting it to dynamic disk and formatting it to NTFS I could not get either my Pro or Windows 10 Laptop to recognize this drive and no longer have format options available in my XP machine. I am now waiting for a 1 TB HDD to arrive to see if I have better results with a Sata III cable connected directly through one of the Sata ports.

Looking for any insight and suggestions on what I should considering doing to retrieve large 40-100 GB sized video files from an XP machine faster? Or am I essentially stuck at transferring at near 1:1 speed? I am including a short video of the inside of my tower in case it could provide insight on this machine. The person who sold it to me was able to install XP on the SSD boot drive and every suggestion he has recommended (expansion card, sata to SSD) has not worked.

I am including the specs of this PC in addition to the short video showing it's hardware. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you 🙏🏼

https://youtu.be/1K66u4flrNY?si=zG4oLIJeUsBrqsdR

- dell optiplex tower 390 series
- os: windows xp pro 32-bit sp3 version 2002
- processor: i5 2400 3.10 Ghz processor
- graphics card: amd radeon r7 200 series
- storage: 240 gb 2.5" sata III SSD (patriot burst elite brand)
- memory: 4GB Ram

[pandy]

This is decent setup for Windows 7 so i would install windows to 7 (your dell has valid license in SLIC so it should be not a problem), then use 10GbE network cards to perform fast backbone connectivity or use some SATA docking stations...

XP drivers should work in Win7... , you can have also dual boot.

[Subtitles]

You can try to uninstall the storage: 240 gb 2.5" sata III SSD (patriot burst elite brand) and use a SATA adapter to USB and then connect it to a decent computer and hopefully it will recognize the attached HDD.
Alternatively you can use a DVD burner (internal or external) and burn the videos to a disc as data (for 40 GB videos you will need about 10 DVD-R or preferably DVD-RW discs (only one disc is needed) as you can erase it after transferring it to another location and repeat.
You are limited in transfer speed because the HDD is SATA III

[Bernix]

Maybe you could use FIREWIRE cards to connect the two computers. I found this old discussion. But it would probably be expensive and I'm not sure if it 100% works with windows 10.
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/256596-Firewire-cards-connect-2-PCs

[Moody_Blues]

The error in the very beginning was to make the new SSD a dynamic disc. Go to computer management and make it a basic disc.

[thecoalman]

I am now waiting for a 1 TB HDD to arrive to see if I have better results with a Sata III cable connected directly through one of the Sata ports

To take advantage of the cable the drive needs to be SATA3 which it probably is but the XP machine is probably only SATA2. It will still work but you'll be limited to SATA2. That would certainly be the fastest way to transfer.

Outside of that the fastest way I have found to transfer files is through Ethernet cable direct from one computer to another. You need a crossover cable.