bigneck

ok ive got a new laptop arriving thursday, but my old one is jam packed with some stuff i want, can it be sent wireless from one to another? if not ive got one of them blue ethnet cable thingys do i plug it into each laptop and send the stuff that way?


if so hows it done?

JohnP001

Use the infra red connection. That's what I do.

smudge_lad

USB cable?

Wireless is easiest, but slower than having the two connected

bigneck

i ment the ethernet connection to effectivly network the two together? not that i have a clue what im going on about, is it just like plug em together and off i go or a lot more complicated?

Billabong

You can't use a normal ethernet cable to go PC>PC, you need a 'crossover cable.'

bigneck

so how would i do it wirelessly? its prob 20 gig of info i need to send, music etc

St3V3_C

Another option is to take the hard disk out of the old laptop and put it in a caddy that then connects to a USB port.

Here's an example:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-5-USB-2-0-HD...mZ320103770215

Laptop drives are 2.5"

What operating systems are on the 2 machines? That could make networking difficult too, but as Bill says, a normal cable won't work.

bigneck

actually never thought of that the old one is xp the new one is vista whatever that is lol im hoping its ok

sposed to be a good laptop or so they told me its a sony fe 41s

Stu.H

get a normal ethernet cable, chop it in the middle and twist the orange white/orange to the green white/green wires and vice versa.

connect the 2 laptops together


give one laptop an ip of 192.168.0.1, and a class c subnet (255.255.255.0) and do the same on the other only with a 192.168.0.2 ip address.
then pop in explorer and SHARE the folder(s) you want the other laptop to see

then on other computer, open windows explorer and type 192.168.0.X (X being other computer), then simply drag and drop!

easiest and fastest way.

otherwise just burn a few dvd's

bigneck

cor blimey not sure if im capable to do that or not