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Transferring Files

Catavenger

Catavenger

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I mostly use this Lenovo Laptop but want to start using my Acer laptop more.
I tried using flash drives to transfer files but those do not begin to hold enough.
I do have the them networked together but I don't know enough about that. Would that be good way to transfer files or via disks or what?
 
What are the operating systems?

How big are your flash drives? I use (3) 64G drives and that handles nearly 20 years worth of files. I use one for pictures, one for documents and one for user/system files (e.g. my e-mail files). Once I've got the computers straight/synced, I take those flash drives and use them for my off-site storage backup (put them in a different building).
 
Good idea Brian (off site storage). To many do not take that step and lose data.

Networking the two is fine or you can get a 500gb or 1TB external drive and copy to that. They plug in with USB, (hopefully USB 3). You can get these drives for less than $100 and they lend themselves to off site storage like Brian mentioned.

Here are a couple:
Seagate Expansion 1TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEA1000400) only 54.99. man the price has come down on these puppies since I got a couple.

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expa...464818282&sr=1-2&keywords=external+hard+drive

WD 2TB Black My Passport Ultra Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBBKD0020BBK-NESN for 87.99 WD has a 1TB for 55 much like Seagate.

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Passpo...464818282&sr=1-5&keywords=external+hard+drive
 
They are both running Windows 7.
I will have to check the size of the flash drive. I have a bunch of them maybe I was using a small one. I guess I could break my stuff up into smaller pieces. I have some crap on this laptop that I have transferred around an around from back when I had a Window 98 laptop.
It's a mess.
I'm to dumb to use an external drive.
 
bczoom said:
No you're not. An external drive plugs into your computer just like a thumb drive. You just see another drive in Windows Explorer.
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Exactly. Cat, anyone who can figure out how to post here would be a wiz with an external drive. They are that simple. Get one. You will be glad you did.
 
Cat - if you get an external drive like Doc mentioned, if your router has the capability, you can connect it to the router and make it a network drive accessible to all computers.
 
bczoom said:
Cat - if you get an external drive like Doc mentioned, if your router has the capability, you can connect it to the router and make it a network drive accessible to all computers.
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If your router has a USB port that is, but the data transfer rate is sloooooooooow. If you want to network a drive through your router, better to get a NAS or "personal cloud" drive (they use a LAN or Cat 5 connection). A little pricier, but much more useful as an external drive for multiple computers.
 
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