Page 3 of 3

Re: New desktop, can I copy.........

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 3:43 pm
by joinerjohn
Have you turned the other computer ON. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: New desktop, can I copy.........

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 3:49 pm
by Someone-Else
Thanks. Yes I have, and no it doesn't :angryfire:
Both pc's show the same options as the pictures above. (Didn't see the point of taking two lots of pictures that are the same)

Must be me. :scratch:

There is some good news though.

The usb cable idea does not do anything. When plugged in there is no "you have just connected a usb device noise" from either pc.
So I gave up with that idea (sorry) and connected a cat5 cable to both pcs. Its not quite working as I would like, but there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Oh, and when I went to get the usb to usb lead i saw..........

Oh, sad that I am i took a video. Will upload that later.

Re: New desktop, can I copy.........

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 8:29 pm
by Someone-Else
The conclusion.

I know not why, but despite wine~O's advice, I was unable to use windows easy transfer. As shown in the pictures, I did not have the options he suggested I use. Even with a usb to usb cable, no joy. A back up / copy hard drive copied but no idea where they uploaded to on the new pc, so i tried connecting both pcs to each other via a cat 5 cable, set up a network. It has taken some time to copy stuff over, and leaning that it must go in exactly the same place from whence it came, but no matter how hard I tried, I could not copy the emails over, had to resend all of the ones to keep.

Thanks to those that tried to help. :salute:

Re: New desktop, can I copy.........

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 2:21 pm
by wine~o
So the files have copied but you can't find them ??

Where are you looking ? Or how are you searching ??

Re: New desktop, can I copy.........

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 7:36 pm
by Bob225
if your using a email program you have to export them to a folder, same with contacts

network cable is the quickest transfer, through experience easy transfer is slooooooow even over network connection, your lucky if you see 5-6 mb/s

Re: New desktop, can I copy.........

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 10:12 pm
by joinerjohn
I told you right at the beginning, you need a crossover cable (like a normal ethernet cable except the connections are crossed over), allowing two computers to communicate directly with each other. :wink: :wink:

Re: New desktop, can I copy.........

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 6:29 pm
by Bob225
You don't need a cross over cable 99.5% of network cards and on-board Ethernet of the last 8 years or so will auto negotiate the connection and handle the crossover and packets via the interface chipset (MDI/MDIX)

main issue is you have to configure the ip manually ie.

Machine A
192.168.0.1 Subnet 255.255.255.0

Machine B
192.168.0.2 Subnet 255.255.255.0

Don't think I have used a crossover cable since win 98/Me apart from a switch up link(s)

Re: New desktop, can I copy.........

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 7:22 pm
by joinerjohn
"Flash,,,, Ahh, ahh, Saviour of the universe." (well SE's new Asus at least) :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: New desktop, can I copy.........

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 7:34 pm
by Someone-Else
Thank you again all, but its all now done, no cross over cable used (as flash said)

I still dont understand why neither has the options suggested by wine~O , neither pc did, oh well not to worry, any one want a old pc?

Re: New desktop, can I copy.........

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 7:59 pm
by wine~o
someone-else wrote:oh well not to worry, any one want a old pc?
Errr not if its got grannies on segways running all over it....

And no Thanks button.......... :hiding:

Re: New desktop, can I copy.........

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 11:50 pm
by joinerjohn
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: New desktop, can I copy.........

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 10:36 am
by Bob225
joinerjohn wrote:"Flash,,,, Ahh, ahh, Saviour of the universe." (well SE's new Asus at least) :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


The sarcasm is strong in this one :roll:

Re: New desktop, can I copy.........

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 4:28 pm
by joinerjohn
Oh yes. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: