Crossover cable, Win 7 machine to Win XP laptop

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I have a cross over cable and I want to transfer some backed-up DVD's to my XP laptop. I heard the newer network ports don't need a cross over cable but I am dealing with one fairly new machine and one older laptop. Are there any precautions to adhere to before something blows up?

Thanks!

 

[Blain]

If one of your PCs isn't equipped with a 1000Mbps controller, you'll have to use a crossover cable.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Would transfering huge 4g files be better/faster through the cross-over cable or local network?

i'm a network noob, btw...

 

[Ghiedo27]

If you don't want to mess with it too much, the simplest thing is to just try directly connecting them. If it doesn't connect right away for you just move on and connect the laptop to the router/switch and let it negotiate the connection for you- that's what it's good at.

That will be faster than wireless by a good margin and strikes a good balance between simplicity and throughput- even if it's only a 100megabit router/switch.

 

[bruceb]

Most laptops have a drive that can read the DVD directly. All you may need is a program like IMGBURN if windows explorer can't see the files on the DVD. Another option is copy them to a flash drive and move them over that way. Very quick and just about certain to work.

 

[her209]

Correct. 1000-BASE-T has auto-cross capability.

You're more likely to run into sharing permission problems.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Got it all fixed.. I had some issues but i got it working!!! 🙂

Thanks all!