How to Tranfer info from old computer to the new one.

[Jeff H]

I got a new computer. How to put some the stuff from my old one on to the new one. I got a bunch of videos saved from TDR that I want to save.

Thanks Jeff H

 

[Joe G.]

CD ROM

 

[KMC]

Yeah burn the files on a CD if you have a burner. If not install your old C drive as a second (slave) drive (D) in the new computer. Then just copy what you want over to the new C Drive. Then you can reformat the old drive and leave it in there for extra storage or remove it (without reformating!) and put it back into your old computer. I guess it depends on what you plan to do with the old machine.



Ken

 

[illflem]

Since I'm on a network at work we can copy an old computers entire contents to a new though the network. This means everything, screen savers, preferences, old e-mail, everything. Takes about 20 minutes. Tiger Direct also sells a cable and software you can connect between two computers and drain one into the other in less than 30 minutes, costs around $25.

 

[KMC]

Illflem's suggestion is a good one. However, all you need is a serial or parallel cable, the software is already on your computer if you have Win98 or up. It is called direct cable connection and allows you to network two machines via one of the two above mentioned cables.



In my experience it is just as fast to just pop the cases and swap the dives rather than monkey around with a cable and trying to get things set up corretly. Just depends on your comfort level with networking or playing with hardware, etc.



If you suspect you may need to do this more than once it might be worth it to figure out the cable connection thing.



Ken

 

[Bob Wagner]

I used a zip drive with great results (thanks again Scott)

 

[K_Arts]

The quickest way that I have found is tranferring through the network cards. If both PC's have a network card, make or buy a piece of CAT 5 that is a crossover cable.



Put each PC in the same workgroup, share out the c: drive and whoola, now you are limited to the speed of your NIC (Network Interface Card). Very simple and quick process.



Kev

 

[JConley]

Step 1

Take the old hard drive out of the old computer



Step2 In the new computer change the jumper settings on the new hard drive to the "Master Slave present or MSP" setting. (directions are on most hard drives)



Step 3 Change the jumper setting on the old hard drive to "Slave"



Step 4 Stick the old drive on the middle connector on the cable that goes to the hard drive in the new computer



Turn on the PC, and you should boot off the new hard drive, while seeing the old drive as drive D



OPTION 2

Take the hard drive, and ribbon cable out of the old computer and plug it into the secondary IDE slot on the motherboard inside the new PC. Plug n the power connector. Dont change the jumpers on any hard drives, and boot the PC. The old drive should show up as drive D

 

[barryg41]

JConley -- Option 2

Option 2 is the way to go... . plug and play...



today's motherboards can see what is thrown at them... just let them do their job.

 

[KMC]

Jeff H. , as you can see there is more than one way to skin a cat!

 

[Jeff H]

C/D burner ????

I think the C/D burner is the way to go. But I know absolutely nothing about them. Need price. How it work & connections.

Thanks Jeff H.

 

[Joe G.]

If you already have a CD ROM drive in your machine it just replaces it. Same gadget except that it will write as well as read.

 

[rkressg]

CD Burner

First off, Don't replace, Add! If you have an open slot in the front of your computer, you can add it. As long as you currently do not have more than 4 IDE drives (Hard Drives, Optical Drives, Zip Drives) you can add a cd burner. Just configure the new cd burner as a slave drive on you secondary IDE controler. Your computers BIOS (Basic Input Output System) should recognise it automatically. Buy a burner that has atleast a 12x burn speed and a 32x read speed. The numbers will look like 12x8x32x on the box. By having two CD drives, you can make direct CD copies. I would suggest Roxio (formally Adaptec) 5 Premium Easy CD Creator software. I have found their software to be the easiest and best to use.



If you buy a new drive, when you connect the power cable and ribbon cable, the red wires will face each other. There should be a second connection on your sound card for the sound on the second CD Drive. It might be hard to find the second connection. your sound card is the one that your speaker wire is plugged into. If your sound card in integrated on your notherboard, it should be next to the audio wire form the other CD drive.



The only tools you will need to upgrade will be a #2 Phillips and possably a t10 and a t15 torx driver. Also, maybe a small standard blade screwdriver.

 

[Joe G.]

RGilbert,



I think what Jeff wants to do is get his data off his old machine. Just replacing an existing CD drive and loading whatever software comes with it will do the job.



For his new machine, if it does not have a R/W CD drive in it the way you recommend is certainly the way to go. No need to give the new R/W CD drive away with the old machine.



I use my drive to back up my data files. If my system ever decides to choke I'm ok.

 

[rkressg]

Getting old info off

This is a little long winded, but it is an easy easy way to copy files from one computer to the other. The following statement contains step by step instructions on how to create a LAN, Workgroup, and share.



I am sorry, I kind of got off subject with the cd-rw drive. The easiest way I feel is to go and buy 2 cheep NIC's (Network Interface Cards). The NIC's should be 10/100baseTx with RJ-45 connections. If you do that, by a cheap one ($15). To Determine what kind of NIC card you need open the case. Look at the other cards on the motherboard. If you have any open white slots, you can use a PCI card. If you have any open double black slots, you can use a ISA card. Use a PCI type card if possible, because they use a faster date transfer rate. If it is a Laptop you need a PCIMCA (Net Gear 10\100baseTx ~= $50) Pop each one into the computers. Windows should find them, it does not, open the control pannel. Start --> settings --> control pannel. Double click on the network Icon. In the window that opens, select the tab that says adapters. Click on add. Install the correct drivers from the cd they gave you. You probably will have to restart your computer now. After this you will need to configure the nics. Go back to the network icon in the control pannel. Select the tab that says protocols, click add. Select Microsoft TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) protocol. You need to add an IP address and a Subnet mask in the following fields. I would suggest that on one computer you use 10. 10. 1. 1 and on the other computer use 10. 10. 1. 2. Use a subnet mask of 255. 255. 255. 0 on both computers. You do not need a Default Gateway or any DNS information. You need to enable File and Print Sharing on your computers. You now have successfully installed a nic on your computer. Maks sure that you have a crossover cat5 cable between your computers. A phone wire will not work. This created a small LAN (Local Area Network) or Intranet (internal network, now refered to as internet with a small i) in your house. The two computers you have are now a workgroup.



Because your computers are now connected to each other, you can pull information from one computer and put it on the other. Another words, back up all information from your old computer on your new computer. To do this, just on the network neighborhood icon that now is on your desktop. Browse through unitil you find your other compuer. You might need to share your C: drive to access information on it from another computer.



To share a drive, double click on My Computer. Right click on the object you want to share. Depending on your OS (Operating System) select sharing or properties. Under properties sharing will be in there under sharing or security (again depending on the OS). Add New Share. Call the share what ever you want, ie: Drive name (C). Do this for both computers. You now should be able to access this drive from the other computer in the network neighborhood. You do not have to share the entire drive, you can share folders inside the drive. You do this in the same manner.



A short cut to accessing the other computer shared drives and folders is to click on the start button and select run.

type \\computerName\sharedFolderName and press enter. Enter the other computer's name where computerName is. Enter the share where sharedFolderName is.

EX: Start --> Run --> \\Rich\c Rich is the name of the computer and C is the name of the share.



This might sound confusing, but it is esaier than you think. Your total $ investment should be less than $35 for 2 NICs and 1 cat5 crossover cable. It should take no less than 1 hour to install and configure both nics.



If you have any just ask. I will try to un . Just remember, computers are the dumbest things on the face of the earth, they just do exactly what you tell them to, and very fast with out making mistakes. The only mistake a computer can make is to listen to the programmer.

 

[illflem]

Here's what I was looking at, it seems like a simple route to take

http://www.alohabob.com/products.asp?subnav=1