Just got my new computer today and wanted to get all my files from my old computer to my new one. What is the easiest way to do this (without burning cd's) ?

everything take time...but would send everything by ICQ

yea i connect both computer to my router and transfer thru aim. goes about 1mb/sec

Put the old HD into your new comp

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Originally posted by lMIlk yea i connect both computer to my router and transfer thru aim. goes about 1mb/sec

how do i do this through aim? Can i use a hun instead of a router?

just get 2 network cards and a cross over network cable, then the rest is easy

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you can just use windows to set up a network between computers, and open folders on your old computer from your new comp, and transfer stuff that way...

you don't need to use aim or icq or anything.

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slap on your old hard drive (slave) to your new one (master)

each IDE card has room for 2 drives: a master and a slave

you'll have to change the pins to differentiate it as a master or a slave

once you do this, your computer should recognize both drives and you can copy hd to hd

of course on your new master drive, you'll need to set your new os partition as the active partition

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Yeah once you have your new harddrive up and running with all ur appz and OS and stuff, just stick the old comp's hard drive in with it. Copy across everything u need, and presto!

If u can't do that, do what someone else said and get two network cards and some crossover cable. Transfer em over the ether .. make sure u get 100 megabit cards though .. 10 megabits is hella slow when ur copying 20gigs .. trust me i've been there

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Originally posted by webmeister Yeah once you have your new harddrive up and running with all ur appz and OS and stuff, just stick the old comp's hard drive in with it. Copy across everything u need, and presto! If u can't do that, do what someone else said and get two network cards and some crossover cable. Transfer em over the ether .. make sure u get 100 megabit cards though .. 10 megabits is hella slow when ur copying 20gigs .. trust me i've been there

Likewise...takes a month of Sundays @ 10 Mbs.

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Make an FTP or network ur computers together directly, can get around 100MBS that way.

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Originally posted by robert_sebanc Make an FTP or network ur computers together directly, can get around 100MBS that way.

How do you network the computers? what kind of hardware do you need to do this?

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slap on your old hard drive (slave) to your new one (master) each IDE card has room for 2 drives: a master and a slave you'll have to change the pins to differentiate it as a master or a slave once you do this, your computer should recognize both drives and you can copy hd to hd of course on your new master drive, you'll need to set your new os partition as the active partition

What if booth hard drives have the same name ( c:drive) Will the computer acsept the second hard dive?

Last edited by nate735 on Jun-17-2002 at 22:44