whats the best and quickest way to transfer data between 2 pc's (what kind of cable ?

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Ive got two pc's in my living room 1 has had to be reformatted due to a virus or something.

my other pc has all my music on it and I want to transfer all of it to my freshly reformatted pc.

whats the best and quickest way.

I popped into a electronic shop today but the clerk who worked there didnt have a clue.:p

Thanks in advance for any constructive input. :)
 
Fastest way would be taking the hard drive out of the pc and inserting it into the second. This isn't the easiest way if you're not technically experienced though.

USB2.0 external HD transfer will be about 33MB/s.
100Mbit LAN will be about 10MB/s.

This is actual speed as seen in the windows transfer dialogue, not theoretical speed.
Figures may go up or down by a few MB/s depending on hardware.

So, by the time you've put the data onto he external HD, then back off it to your other PC, thats half the speed and a lot more messing around (16MB/s).

Therefore, you may aswell just connect an ethernet cable between each of the PC's and transfer them that way (share the folder then access the folder from the other pc).
 
I am likely to have a very similar dilemma as I will need to transfer 500GB of data from my existing IDE hard drives to a new 1TB SATA hard rive.

I've been considering buying an IDE compatible hard drive enclosure and transfer via USB 2.0.

I'm not sure if this is a good idea or not, but it is an idea
 
The fastest is to attach the drives to the same machine.

The easiest is Ethernet.

Most expensive would be via some form of external connection. USB eSata.

Whichever way you choose it'll take a while to transfer 500GB.





I wouldn't spend any money on this.
 
Very handy thing to have is what I bought for around 15quid years ago, is SATA to usb converter, all you gotta do is put the PCs close to each other, connect the sata bit to your hdd and usb to your laptop/pc and there you go, just as it was plugged in directly : ).
 
Router would be easier of course.

To connect directly you'd need a crossover cable and to manually set up a network, which can be tricky if you don't know what you are doing.
 
I didnt think you needed a crossover cable any more? As far as I was aware the modern kit will switch around how it works automatically so you can use whatever cable?
 
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