Easiest way of transerfing 7gb of songs

AirProfile · Addict Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 602 City: Brookfield

what's the easiets/fastest way to transfer 7gb of songs from comp-comp
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Damon · Posted: Sep 03, 2005 7:01 pm Post subject:

take the hard drive out, and put it into the other one.. then cut/paste

AirProfile · Addict Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 602 City: Brookfield

NO

not only wouldn't i do that but one of them is a laptop
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pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

do you have an ipod, maybe some other portable storage device, but an ipod was the first thing that came to mind.

Ryan_m · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 653 City: glen ellyn

easiest way i found, is if they both have a network card, just get a piece of network cable and plug one end into one computer, and the other end into the other. If both of the computers are running xp, they will recogonize eachother, and you will be able to transfer them that way in minutes.

DJew Jake · Posted: Sep 03, 2005 9:01 pm Post subject:

Ryan_m, No you would need a crossover cable and that is slow as balls.

Get firewire Smile

that is 4.5 times faster then networking or get firewire 800. 8 times faster.

Mister C · Posted: Sep 03, 2005 9:04 pm Post subject:

Worst comes to worst, you can transfer the files onto a DVD-RW (or whatever the hell they're called) and I think those will hold something like 4gb of files. Just do that with two of those and you got it. Of course, it will take an extremely long time, but it's just a suggestion.

Damon · Posted: Sep 03, 2005 9:04 pm Post subject:

AirProfile, OK

Jensen · Posted: Sep 03, 2005 10:19 pm Post subject:

Mister C, thats what i diid, it only took 10 min to burn it and no more than 10 to transfer all the songs from the dvd-r to the other computer.

or you can use your ipod as a storage device. go into itunes, and click on one of the menus (forgot which one) and click consolidate songs. (all your songs need to be in the same folder). then go to the folder that was consolidated and drag that over onto your ipod that should show up in mycomputer or windows explorer. then transfer it from the ipod to the new computer.

Ryan_m · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 653 City: glen ellyn

Jibsta, no crossover cable required. I used just normal network cable. It worked and i transfered 15 gigs in under 10 minutes.

Kampus-slide · Addict Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 527 City: Tucson

AirProfile, Id go with Ryan_m, not that I know anything about computers, but he seems realy confident.

thats only my oppinion(sp)

AirProfile · Addict Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 602 City: Brookfield

Kampus-slide, Ryan_m, you do need a cross over cable a simple ethernet wire will not work!

thanks though

i still cant figure out how to upload from the ipod 2 the computer
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pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

i havent actually transfered ipod 2 computer but one of my friends says you just need to enable seeing hidden files.

DJew Jake · Posted: Sep 04, 2005 8:03 am Post subject:

Ryan_m, You cannot connect 2 computers directly without a corssover cable period.

vawakemonster · Posted: Sep 04, 2005 8:06 am Post subject:

The Headless Chicken, got it right on!!!! here how:
1.)right click your ipod.
2.)select tools.
3.)select folder options. this will take you to the control panel where you then select folder options again.
4.)select the view tab.
5.)under "hidden files and folder", change "Do not show hidden files and folders" to "show hidden files and folders."
6.) now the hidden files are visible.

Chad H · Posted: Sep 04, 2005 9:05 am Post subject:

You can get a 20 foot crossover cable for 20 bucks at any gaming place. They are cheap.

DJew Jake · Posted: Sep 04, 2005 10:40 am Post subject:

Wakeboarddrumma, YOu could also just make the cable for like 2.50

a crossover cable is the exact same as a regular network cable but 2 wires inside swithc places at each end.

Jensen · Posted: Sep 04, 2005 8:50 pm Post subject:

Jibsta, ya, crossover cable is a waste of money.

DunDunDun · Posted: Sep 05, 2005 6:54 am Post subject:

so its like two wires that go like this kinda...?

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as in the top wire goes to the bottom and the bottom to the top?

DJew Jake · Posted: Sep 05, 2005 7:34 am Post subject:

DunDunDun, You switch green and orange http://www.littlewhitedog.com/content-8.html.

Ryan_m · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 653 City: glen ellyn

once again, i did not use a cross over cable and it worked for me. all i used was regular network cable. All i did was set up a network, and it worked without any problems.

DJew Jake · Posted: Sep 05, 2005 2:10 pm Post subject:

Ryan_m, YOU CANNOT CONNECT 2 COMPUTERS DIRETCLY WITHOUT A CROSSOVER CABLE PERIOD mabey you had a hub in the middle or a crossover cable you did not know about but you are wrong.

Ryan_m · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 653 City: glen ellyn

jibsta, have you tried it? If you have, you might relize it is possible. I am 100 percent positive, it was network cable, because i was the one who crimped the ends onto it.

DJew Jake · Posted: Sep 05, 2005 5:24 pm Post subject:

Ryan_m, First off all you dont need to try it if you understand how nic's work you would know you need a a crossover cable, the fact that you crimped it leads me to belive you created a crossover cable by mistake.

TubeNazi · Soul Rider Joined: 27 Aug 2003 Posts: 368 City: Dallas

I transferred 12gb with three dvd+Rs. Didn't take that long at all. Just click to burn and walk away. Come back later and it's done. Easy as cake.