Easiest way to transfer large amounts of data between computers?

[Justinw303 10+ year member]

Specifically, I'll be getting a new laptop for school within the month. How can I easily transfer my entire music library from my desktop to the laptop? USB, maybe?

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[oxygen65]

a cord, duh?

 

[oxygen65]

but for real, if ur music is in somethin like windows media player you should be able to just use a usb and sync them

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

i would invest in an external harddrive.

 

[Justinw303 10+ year member]

Well actually , I think my uncle is getting me a 160GB external as a graduation gift... ****, why did I make this thread? Oh well...

On a different subject, there is a Pimp My Ride marathon on MTV. I've seen some dumbass stuff, but they just hooked up a '65 Impala and the chit was nice as hell...

 

[CaliforniabOY5 10+ year member]

Network Cable? cheap, very cheap.

 

[go_go_thrash 10+ year member]

If you have a router you can set up a home network and share folders. Or you can use AIM and just send whatever you want, it is decently fast if you are on the same network.

 

[CaliforniabOY5 10+ year member]

If you have a router you can set up a home network and share folders. Or you can use AIM and just send whatever you want, it is decently fast if you are on the same network.

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif i wouldn't do that OP

 

[shava 10+ year member]

Go buy a 6ft cross-over cable at the store. Hook it up, setup network wizard, enable printer and file sharing, copy music to shared folder. Set up network wizard on laptop. Check your shared folder.

Enjoy.

 

[Fast1one 10+ year member]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif i wouldn't do that OP

????
It works fairly well...I transfered 3 gigs in 5 minutes through aim...same network

 

[CaliforniabOY5 10+ year member]

Go buy a 6ft cross-over cable at the store. Hook it up, setup network wizard, enable printer and file sharing, copy music to shared folder. Set up network wizard on laptop. Check your shared folder.
Enjoy.

that was my suggestion //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fro.gif.c695f1f814b01c4ad99fe7f8cccadd29.gif

????
It works fairly well...I transfered 3 gigs in 5 minutes through aim...same network

my comment was based off of he's trying to transfer a music library, does AIM allow you to tranfer a folder or any file by file?

 

[Fast1one 10+ year member]

that was my suggestion //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fro.gif.c695f1f814b01c4ad99fe7f8cccadd29.gif

my comment was based off of he's trying to transfer a music library, does AIM allow you to tranfer a folder or any file by file?

Depends what you use, the older versions of aim i know do, im pretty sure the new ones allow folder transfers as well...
Trillian doesnt though, which sucks balls...

 

[CaliforniabOY5 10+ year member]

i used to use trillian, and i will look into the AIM part.

 

[go_go_thrash 10+ year member]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif i wouldn't do that OP

I never said AIM was the fastest, but if you have to ask how to transfer files, you probably want easy. What's easier than right clicking a folder and selecting "send to AIM buddy"?

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

setup a network? christ.