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  • Mar 7, 2008, 04:07 PM
    ice747
    Laptop to desktop
    How do I transfer information from my laptop to the desktop. Thank you
  • Mar 7, 2008, 04:24 PM
    progunr
    The easiest way would be with a thumb drive, or external hard drive.

    These hold much more information than a CD or DVD will.

    If you mean connecting one to the other, I have no clue how that works?

    You can find a 2 Gig thumb drive that just plugs into a usb port for around $20-40.
  • Mar 7, 2008, 04:24 PM
    charlotte234s
    If it's text data you may be able to send it through email, but I would suggest getting an external hard drive to transfer all the files to, and then transfer them from there to the desktop computer. If it's small files, use a flash drive, but if it's music, pictures, etc. get another hard drive.
  • Mar 8, 2008, 06:02 AM
    squinter
    You might even think about a home network , your lappy more than likely has a wireless connection which should connect to your router ( providing you have a router ) , if not you can connect both via a CAT5 cable then share any files you like.
  • Mar 9, 2008, 06:48 PM
    Will00
    I would recommend using FolderShare if they are both Windows XP.
  • Mar 10, 2008, 10:00 AM
    Da Bigchamp
    You should use an external hard drive as the other guys said. But I've also saw something, I have never used it but it allows youto connect 2 computers and allow file sharing. It's a wire and both computers have to be on.
  • Mar 10, 2008, 03:01 PM
    squinter
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Da Bigchamp
    You should use an external hard drive as the other guys said. But I've also saw something, I have never used it but it allows youto connect 2 computers and allow file sharing. It's a wire and both computers have to be on.

    The "wire" your talking about is probably a Cat5 cable which only costs about £5.00 :)
  • Mar 10, 2008, 06:08 PM
    riversiderebel
    Allright so its possible I figured out a way of doing this and I find it pretty cool , you should try downloading the GMAIL drive, it helps for saving everything I like it a lot:) :) the main thing about this is that you can access this from any place in the world, any computer...

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