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File Transfer

In the amount of time you've been waiting for an asnwer, you could have been done by now. Also, what's wrong with waiting until beddy-bye time to start the transfer?
 
its not at my house i want to take files from my friends computer and put them on my laptop i dont want to leave my laptop there b/c i dont go there every day and i need it for class tomorrow so i want to know if there is a faster way to do it
 
30 GB over a 100Mb line wouldn't take that long would it? 45 minutes or so, i'm guessing.
 
Originally posted by: ofiraltarasy
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH it took me 6GB 1hr
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I can download off my 8Mb comcast connection somewhere around that time. You sure you were transfering around 10Mb?
 
Originally posted by: scott

Assuming you have Windows XP, you could do it with xcopy.
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Or a DVD/CD-ROM. Also Laptop Link.

XCOPY is for internal DISC to DISC Copies. But I suppose you could create a network drive and xcopy may transfer files accross the virtual network disc.
 
are the files all small or large. with a bunch of small files the network speed will be lower, if the files are large, like ~100MB at least the transfer will be much faster.

or if it 30Gb, just use winrar and compress to make all the files 1GB, this would be fast, also, try setting up a ftp server (serv-u) and do it that way. ftp has a nice resume feature and ftp was designed to move files. imho, the best way.
 
Originally posted by: bob4432
are the files all small or large. with a bunch of small files the network speed will be lower, if the files are large, like ~100MB at least the transfer will be much faster.

or if it 30Gb, just use winrar and compress to make all the files 1GB, this would be fast, also, try setting up a ftp server (serv-u) and do it that way. ftp has a nice resume feature and ftp was designed to move files. imho, the best way.
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7 zip is with a large dictionary size* is much more effective at shrinking large files than WINrar and it is free to use. In one test, I was able make my file 25% smaller with .7z than a .RAR compressed with WINrar.

Home page:
http://www.7-zip.org/

Source Code:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/


*I used the PPMd method with a 1024MB dictionary size and a word size of 32. Compression level was set to Ultra to achieve my 25% redction over WINrar. Please not tha if you do not have a powerfull CPU and a lot of RAM then do not attempt this level of compression, turn down the settings and uses a smaller dictionary.
 
With a switch you may need to manualy assign IP address for your computer since it may not be able to attain one via DHCP. If you have a router then attach that to the Gigabit Swtich and it will act as a DHCP server and automaticly assign IP address to all devices connected to the network.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817111020

Router with print server:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833127038

A crossover cable can funtion in a similar manner and one can be made at home for pennies or bought for a few dollars. But do not use this as a regular patch cable between normal routers and pc. Crossover is only meant for PC to PC transfers, they serve no other purpose than that.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi...&N=0&minPrice=&maxPrice=&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

How to make one:
http://www.makeitsimple.com/how-to/dyi_crossover.htm

IP Configuration Settings.
http://www.razertech.com/edge/hardware/crossover/crossover.htm

Any more questions just ask, I have done this several times before.
http://www.makeitsimple.com/how-to/dyi_crossover.htm
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/filesharing.htm
 
The Fastest, cheapest, and easiest method is if both computers have 1394 on them just plug in a 1394 cable in to each one and transfer files 4x times faster than ethernet. This method is simple plug and play, but should you run in to trouble fixing problems with 1394 file transfering is easy.
 
Just FYI, no a recommendation as the best solution but something to consider, you could get a laptop to desktop drive converter (~$15), detach the laptop drive, attach the converter, insert into the desktop computer, and transfer at your laptop's drive speed (which will be probably be somewhat less than what you can do with typical desktop HD's).

Typical desktop HD's would be able to do around 30 MB/s drive to drive, which would take around 17 minutes at full speed.

Firewire can also do that speed, so the speed race between the two would be how much time you need to spend configuring the HD's or firewire. If firewire works, it's the logical winner. When you can't use firewire, and for other cases where you might want to upgrade the laptop HD and keep the data, etc., a laptop -> desktop drive adapter is useful.
 
remember your setup is only as fast as your slowest part. get a removable hard drive and copy to that then you don't have to copy to your laptop. there is no cure all answer for this. just time and patience
 
Originally posted by: Madwand1
Just FYI, no a recommendation as the best solution but something to consider, you could get a laptop to desktop drive converter (~$15), detach the laptop drive, attach the converter, insert into the desktop computer, and transfer at your laptop's drive speed (which will be probably be somewhat less than what you can do with typical desktop HD's).

Typical desktop HD's would be able to do around 30 MB/s drive to drive, which would take around 17 minutes at full speed.

Firewire can also do that speed, so the speed race between the two would be how much time you need to spend configuring the HD's or firewire. If firewire works, it's the logical winner. When you can't use firewire, and for other cases where you might want to upgrade the laptop HD and keep the data, etc., a laptop -> desktop drive adapter is useful.
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Ethernet 100 mb/s
1394a Firewire 400 mb/s -Easy Setup
1394b Firewire 800 mb/s -Easy Setup
Gigabit 1,000 mb/s
 
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