Whats the best way to swap lots of infromation from one PC to another 'new' one?

[Raging Bull]

Well I just got a new PC today( ahem PIII 800mhz) and was wondering if there was a way to easily swap infromation between my old PII 450 to this one? For example my 1 GB Half-life folder :p

Any help is appreciated

[Big D]

I would say, for the home user, small hub, couple of network cards, couple of patch cables, should be able to transfer a gig in 15mins.

I hope this help http://forums.gameplay.com/ubb/wink-anim.gif


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[ybw]

just copy all the stuff from one HDD to the other by putting them in the same machine and then just transferring all the stuff across

i spose it easier than installing network cards i spose, and a lot chearper :)

gl

[Bapapapa]

What ybw said.

Make sure you jumper it to slave though, if you are putting it on the same IDE channel. http://forums.gameplay.com/ubb/devil.gif

[ybw]

point m8!
cheers :)

[andymac]

;) If you don't fancy opening the PC up, why not just connect the machines together using either a serial/serial or parallel/parallel cable ? You need to install Direct Cable Connection (from Win 95 or 98 disc).....

There's step by step in computeractive issue 59, if your interested.

cheers,

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andymac

[Bapapapa]

andymac - transferring 1 gig via serial cable would take weeks!!! http://forums.gameplay.com/ubb/devil.gif

[andymac]

:eek: doh! Guess you can tell that I've never tried it myself !!
cheers,

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andymac

[JGJones]

Leave it for erm...a day...that should do it via serial cable!

I transferred a old DOOM folder (about 40Mb) from a 486 PC (which use the old URUAT chipset so it's a slow serial transfer)...it took 2 hours...with the modern serial chipset it should take erm...1 hour?

Do it over night and maybe that should do it...if not, go to work/school for the day and come home and it should be done by then! http://forums.gameplay.com/ubb/teeth.gif

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