how can I transfer files from one computer to another with out burning discs?

Question

I have an old computer with all my files on and music how can I transfer them onto my new computer

Answer 1

Without burning CDs?



How about a USB memory stick?

Or a USB file transfer cable?

Or a crossover ethernet cable?

Answer 2

Connect them with an ethernet cable (a crossover type, NOT straight through which would be used to connect to a router) and set up a local area network, and transfer the files across that is the quickest way.



Smaller files can be emailed from the old and collected via the new PC, or a USB stick, MP3 player that accepts all files for storage, or transfer to webspace if you own any.

Answer 3

The simplest way since you are using music files is to use a USB file transfer cable. Using a pen drive will have you going back and forth unless you have a huge one (more than 20gb). The USB file transfer cable isn't the one that connected to the printer and most people dont have one but they are at your local electronic store (BestBuy,Circuit CIty) You'll find out they come in handy mostly if you have desktop and a notebook system or 2 notebooks

Answer 4

There are several ways this can be accomplished.

1) Take out the hard disk from old computer, attach it as a slave disk to the new computer.

2) Use a External USB case to connect the old hard disk with the new computer through USB port

3) Use a crossover cable to connect network cards of both computers to create a network between them

Answer 5

Dear,

My first suggestion goes as follows: 1) If you have Pen Drive you can transfer easily. 2) If not, you can take out your HardDisk and Connect with another computer. 3) If you have networking facility you can send by networking.

Other idea I don't know without burning CD.

Answer 6

You can use the following:



USB Memory stick

Crossover Ethernet cable

Serial cable (RS232) - (direct cable connection)

Remove the hard drive and refit as a slave drive in the new pc.



Some years ago, I used ported programs and data from a cp/m machine to a dos machine using a parellel cable.

I used a serial cable from the Apple 11 to a Amstrad PCW to move data.

Answer 7

Buy an usb memory stick .. make it if you can at least 2 gb and you don't have to worry about transfering large programs

Answer 8

Pull the old drive and install it into the new computer.



If you need more instructions, please follow up with more information such as:

Old drive type: PATA or SATA

New Drive type: PATA or SATA

Motherboard make and model or list how many IDE and SATA ports are available, if you have a CDROM type and how many.



Or get an external USB enclosure and put the old drive in the enclosure.

Answer 9

relies upon how vast the information are you've quite a number of ideas: reminiscence Stick exterior / transportable complicated force community The pcs reminiscence Card There are some internet sites that help you host the information on-line and then obtain them yet, of direction, this will be a lengthy winded way of doing it as you'll purely be able of obtain on the speed your internet connection runs at.

Answer 10

A USB memory stick is the easiest if the os ( anything after win 98 se) will be plug and play

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Answer 11

Get a large Flash Drive!

Answer 12

Slave the HDD, network transfer, usb pocket drive.

Answer 13

probably the easiest way is to plug them both into the same router

unplug the internet

take off all firewalls.

Now both computers can access each others files

Copy them across

Stick the firewalls back up

Connect the internet.

Answer 14

USB memory stick

Answer 15

could e-mail them and download them on the new computer.