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ofiraltarasy

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I connected my desktop to my laptop via USB how do i trasfer files to the laptop from the desktop im using Windows XP PRO thanks..
 
Why not network them? AFAIK, you need 3rd-party software to do it in Windows. You'd probably be better off getting a stubby USB NIC and a CAT5 patch cable (assuming your laptop does not have a NIC--but if it does, then why even think about doing it voer USB?).
 
OK, but what does that have to do with networking? TCP/IP over USB requires extra software under Windows, and can be a pain under a *n*x. Firewire is made to do it.

Any kind of actual networking will do. It's not about file size--it's that you have to get a way for each PC to see the other one as a machine in a workgroup/domain/whatever, and share stuff. That basically means full, normal, networking. Your desktop surely has a NIC. A NIC in the laptop, and a crossover cable, is the best solution, unless you use a router (in which case plugging both into that, with a straight-throguh patch cable, is the way to go). USB is a horrible solution. What is your network setup, if any?

A temporary solution, though, if you won't need to do this in the future, would be to use a CDRW. Put all the files in a RAR or ZIP (RAR would be easier to spread out, IMO), and split it into ~400MB chunks. Burn, transfer, burn, transfer, repeat until done, then combine them and blow them back out.
 
if you got firewire, use that instead. WinXP already supports that as a networking option. Plus it should be faster in most cases given the lower overhead (compared to USB 2.0).

This is what I use, and I get sustained 29%~33% of the 400Mbps pipe. This is low b/c it's CPU-limited on the desktop (100% CPU utilization on a Tualatin 256K @ 1.46Ghz). My notebook is a Pentium M 1.4Ghz and it barely breaks a sweat. Also I am using an Audigy 1 card as the firewire interface, which is a bit less efficient than a true firewire expansion card.
 
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