Posted on 04/14/2015 4:57:49 PM PDT by Chickensoup
Tech Ping: Bought the Computer, Trying to Do Wireless File Transfer HELP!!
Is there any help out there for Win7 among the Freepers? Wanted to file transfer from the old WIN 7 machine to the new WIN7 machine and the new computer wont recognize the old computer and vice versa. Both computers I think have the same name, could that be a problem.
The old computer has a home group and the new computer keeps trying to make its own home group, the hussy!
The last legs are rapidly approaching for old computer
Last conversation was this: Question about Laptop Purchase Win8.1 with 1TB SATA vs Beloved Win7 No SATA??
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Ah yeah, they don’t want you to turn it off so they make it a little tricky. In the Windows Firewall window, look for a line on the left side that says “Turn Windows Firewall on or off”, and click that. Then click to turn off windows firewall under home or work (private) networks.
I am on my asus transformer. they seem to be transferring. My items and something called shared items Thank you
Go to web site http://www.ehow.com/about_5082149_network-patch-cable.html and look for cross over cable info and how to use it. Stables has a Tripp Lite N210-010-GY 10’ RJ45M/M Cat6 Gigabit Cross Over Molded Patch Cable, Gray cable. To connect two pc’s together.
Have USB on both machines? Last time I had to do one, I just went over to the local Walgreen’s and bought a SanDisk thumb drive from the display in the photo department. An 8 gig was about 15 bucks back then, but I see 20 dollar 64 gigs advertised now. You don’t need one that’s big enough for everything, just move stuff a chunk at a time.
Seems to be transferring 89.7 gb of my items and 737 mb of shared items
Thank you
I think it was changing the name that made it work.
Are you still doing this wirelessly? If so, would you mind posting on this thread how long it took when you are finished?
I will I started when I posted it was working and I will add it up when it is done. it is about a quarter the way through so far.
This is probably a question I should have asked before the transfer started. Are the files that are being transferred to the new machine still going to be on the old machine, I hope?
It shouldn’t take any longer than doing a backup to a network storage device. It could run overnight and be done by morning. Less of a hassle than doing it piecemeal with a flashdrive.
Are they side by side, an HDMI cable might do
If you are using Windows Easy Transfer, it moves user files. I don’t recall an option for copying with that method. However, you can copy files manually between shared folders over your network if that is a concern. Using the Easy Transfer lets you keep settings for appearance and setup, which is not possible with manually copying data files.
oh dear. thank you.
No offense to anyone here, but if you got that transferring wirelessly with that much ease, you are vulnerable. Likewise, if you got that working off this thread you're smart enough to have some basic networking under your belt and do it smartly.
Buy the book (and a crossover cable).
I would actually suggest buying a portable hard drive, copying all your files from the old computer onto that, then copying what you need to the new computer. I’m sure there are files you will never need again, so there’s little reason to clutter up your new computer, but you don’t want to completely lose them.
I just bought a Seagate 1TB drive for $65. Here’s what I bought, there are plenty of other manufacturers. http://www.seagate.com/external-hard-drives/portable-hard-drives/standard/backup-plus/
You can get the same data size for less money if you get a desktop drive with separate power, but the little ones with notebook drives are USB powered and work exactly like flash drives.
Assuming you haven’t filled it up from the old computer, use it to back up your new computer regularly.
89.7GB is pretty enormous
“...if you got that transferring wirelessly with that much ease, you are vulnerable.”
Just because it is a wireless network and Easy Transfer is actually easy to use, that doesn’t mean it isn’t secure.
That is actually small. It isn’t like transferring a terabyte.
Really? I had so much free space I assumed it was tiny.
My whole HDD is only 250 gb
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