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how to transfer data between laptop and desktop
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Post # 295962
 how to transfer data between laptop and desktopI have an emachine laptop, the mouse scroll pad has just died, it has some other issues and is still under warranty, so I cannot pull the back of it to get at the hard drive before sending it in to Acer for warranty work. I do not want to spend $90 odd dollars buying an external hard drive when I have 2 TB on my desktop available. I have all my IT library on the laptop and am wondering if it is possible to use an RG45 cable to create a network connection. I understand USB is problematic for this sort of thing. The 'highly intelligent' help desk personel at Acer tell me that it is normal for them to reinstall that other OS that I do not use, as part of their Acer care program or something. Which I think translates into English as we will throw your laptop away and send you a new one. If anyone has any suggestions your help would be appreciated.
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| Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:18 am |
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MEPIS Guide   Joined: Sun Mar 25, 2007 5:49 pm Posts: 2470 Location: Doncaster UK Has thanked: 99 times Have thanks: 621 times
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Post # 295963
Re: how to transfer data between laptop and desktop Download and installTeamViewer on each, then use File Transfer,
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MEPIS Guide  Joined: Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:53 am Posts: 2228 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Has thanked: 610 times Have thanks: 525 times
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Post # 295965
Re: how to transfer data between laptop and desktop
Can't you use an USB-mouse instead of the scroll pad? Henry |
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| Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:57 am |
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MEPIS Enthusiast   Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:54 am Posts: 9274 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma U.S.A. Has thanked: 2764 times Have thanks: 591 times
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Post # 295974
Re: how to transfer data between laptop and desktop You need a crossover RJ45 cable to network two computers together: http://www.iplocation.net/tools/rj45-wiring.php
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Post # 295993
Re: how to transfer data between laptop and desktop
Thank you he says with a smile, I completely overlooked doing that last night when it happened |
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| Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:48 pm |
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Post # 295995
Re: how to transfer data between laptop and desktop
Why not just transfer across your network via samba? Dump or link what you want to save into the pre-configured /home/Shared folder, then access it with Dolphin from the desktop. _________________ Asus M4A87TD USB3 AMD 870 Socket AM3 Athlon II X4 630 2.8GHz Quad Core GeForce 9500 GT 1GB PCIe, nVidia TwinView Kingston 2G x 2 1333 DDR3 WD Caviar 500GB x 2 SATA hdd |
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Post # 295999
Re: how to transfer data between laptop and desktop samba would certainly work. is the transfer rate similar to just using scp or rsync?
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