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How can I transfer 200GBs worth of files?

iParis

iParis

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Ok. I'm in sort of a dilemma.
I found out that my mom is getting me a new computer that has a 320GB hard drive, as oppose to the 640GB WD Desktop External Hard Drive I asked for.

Is there anyway to transfer files to my new computer without using an external hard drive?

~Thanks ^_^
 
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Get a cross-over cable and connect the two computers directly through the Ethernet port and transfer the files that way. It should be relatively quick.
 
Thanks. Doesn't seem to pricey.
Anybody have a link to get one at a store like Best Buy, Circuit City, etc?
I can't get one online well because my mom won't let me buy anything online and I don't have a credit card.
 
iParis said:
Thanks. Doesn't seem to pricey.
Anybody have a link to get one at a store like Best Buy, Circuit City, etc?
I can't get one online well because my mom won't let me buy anything online and I don't have a credit card.
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You can probably get one at any electronics store, but you might not need one. Newer computers generally sense configuration and automatically cross. I don't know about all Windows PCs, but all Macs have done this for years, and I believe it's the same for PCs.
 
mkrishnan said:
You can probably get one at any electronics store, but you might not need one. Newer computers generally sense configuration and automatically cross. I don't know about all Windows PCs, but all Macs have done this for years, and I believe it's the same for PCs.
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Wait, what?
Sorry, can you explain that a little bit clearer.
My new computer will automatically transfer my iTunes library from my old one?
I didn't know they could do that.:confused:
 
Erm, no. I mean you can use a normal ethernet cable from your closet instead of buying a crossover cable. Possibly. Definitely true if they're Macs. What kind of computers are they?
 
iParis said:
Wait, what?
Sorry, can you explain that a little bit clearer.
My new computer will automatically transfer my iTunes library from my old one?
I didn't know they could do that.:confused:
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Nope. A crossover cable used to always be required if you were plugging two Ethernet devices together directly rather than through a hub or switch. These days though it's getting more common that when you connect two computers together using a normal Ethernet cable the electronics sense there is no hub and one of them will crossover its own transmit and receive settings. So it still works.

However, are these both Macs you're doing this with? If you are just use the Migration Assistant to pull over all your apps, data, music, user accounts etc.
 
mkrishnan said:
Erm, no. I mean you can use a normal ethernet cable from your closet instead of buying a crossover cable. Possibly. Definitely true if they're Macs. What kind of computers are they?
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Gateway and an eMachine.
Don't tell me I should get a Mac instead, I know that.
I want one really bad.
That's one of the reasons I didn't want my mom to get me a new computer, she'd end up getting me an eMachine or a Dell.
 
mkrishnan said:
Are you old enough to be on Macrumors? I'm asking you what you have to help you figure out if you need a crossover cable, not to tell you to get a Mac. :p
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Yes, I'm 16. xD
I know that, sorry.
I was just adding that in there and implying that I would rather have a Mac and that most people would have told me to get one.
 
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