[TheForge] OT new computer file transfer

[Dick Snow]

At 11:49 AM 10/29/2004, you wrote:

>Seems the best I can get is 0.4 Mbps serial, 0.7 Mbps parallel.  LapLink 
>Gold, a new product, will do 5 Mbps with a special USB but that's $400.
>
>Has anybody gone through this.

Being a computer guy, I do 5-10 of this kind of upgrade every month. I just 
pull the old hard disk out, pull the wires off the CD (or DVD) drive in the 
new computer, connect the old hard disk to those wires and transfer files 
at normal hard disk to hard disk speeds. I usually transfer the whole hard 
disk into a sub directory on the new drive rather that trying to pick and 
choose things to transfer. Its easier to go back and delete stuff you don't 
need after several months rather than hooking up the old drive every time 
you realize you need a few more files off of it.

On the old computer, I usually do a little clean up first: clean out the 
trash can, clean out the internet cache files, clean out the temp 
directory, etc. The disk to disk transfer usually only takes 15-20 minutes 
total time.

Obligatory Warning: If you are not comfortable plugging and un plugging 
things inside your computer, please don't blame me when something goes wrong.

Dick M. Snow (Dick.Snow at POBox.com)
Datalytics, Incorporated
Efland, NC