Original Message 1/4                 Date: 05-Sep-03  @  08:56 AM   -   porting from laptop to desktop

the_silver_fox

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Please excude my ignorance here, but is it possible to transfer data from a desktop to a laptop (and vice-versa) via USB?
I am looking to replace my desktop with a laptop and have files on the desktop to move to the lappy. Unfortunately I do not have a cd writer on the desktop and would like to avoid having to buy one for a single session of archiving.
The desktop is running win98SE and the lappy will be win XP.
Anyone have any suggestions?

Many thanks.

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Message 2/4                 Date: 05-Sep-03  @  05:01 PM   -   RE: porting from laptop to desktop

Si

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I've seen cable transfer over a serial port in the older versions of Windows, but I thought that transferring data over a USB cable wasn't possible until I saw this.....

http://www.usbgear.com/usb20-network-link-cable.html

Seems like it's basically a USB network cable, and should do the trick for you. Cheap enough as well though if you shop around you might find it cheaper somewhere else.

Si.

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Message 3/4                 Date: 06-Sep-03  @  12:58 AM   -   RE: porting from laptop to desktop

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winxp still does direct cable connection over serial or parallel ports, but i would imagine it's painfully slow for file transfers. never used it myself tho... that usb thing sounds neat!

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Message 4/4                 Date: 06-Sep-03  @  10:56 AM   -   RE: porting from laptop to desktop

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assuming the laptop has a lan input get yourself a network card for the desktop. much cheaper and faster than the usb thing.

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