[TheForge] OT new computer file transfer

[Michael H. Murphy]

Mounting the old drive as a slave on the new system is the best method.
Just make sure you have jumper settings correct for each drive, or the
machine will say it can't find any drives at all.  That can get a bit scary,
if you're not used to the vagaries of computers.

Burning CD's is okay; you can use rewritables so you don't permanently burn
CD's for temporary storage, but it can get tedious.  I have about 14 GB pf
music files on my PC, so that would be something over 20 CD's.

Murf

> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:theforge-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bob Ehrenberger
> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 12:47 AM
> To: theforge
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] OT new computer file transfer
> 
> Walt,
> 
> Can you burn a CD on your old PC.   It's still sneeker net but at 600MB
> per
> shot it shouldn't take too long.
> 
> You could also use the brute force method and mount your old hard drive as
> a
> secondary drive in the new syatem.  Then just drag and drop the
> directories.
> I don't know anything about XP but that would have worked on previous
> versions.
> 
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> 
> ---Original message---
> Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:49:17 -0400
> From: "Walter L. Mullett" <wmullett at bright.net>
> Subject: [TheForge] OT new computer file transfer
> 
> 
> I just upgraded to a new Dell running XP.  My old system I had downgraded
> some time ago from NT to '98 because of some problems.  Now the disk drive
> is not working so herein lies the problem.  I really don't want to put in
> a
> new drive and sneaker net my data.  Some CAD files are way too big.
> 
> It doesn't look like I can just direct cable and network the old system
> in.
> I have both a null modem serial cable and a parallel (laplink) cable.  I
> can
> configure either of these in as direct cable and connect ok with either
> being the host but I need a means of transferring the data.
> 
> In the old days, I would have used a simple communications program but I'm
> out of touch with what's happening now.  XP wants me to use their "Files
> and
> Transfer Wizard" - it uses TCP/IP only.  I set that up yesterday using the
> XP CD in my old computer.  This only uses the serial connection.  The
> connection was made and 24 hours later it's still working on the settings
> for transfer.  As far as I can tell, nothing else even started to transfer
> yet.  Gonna be a month or more at that rate!
> 
> 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.
> 
> Walt
> 
> 
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