How do I transfer files from my computer to my laptop?
I recently bought a new laptop and I want to transfer the files on my desktop computer to my new laptop but my computer is Windows XP and my laptop is Windows 7. Is there a way to transfer all of my songs, pictures, videos, and other files? and if I have to put them on a flash drive please say how to!
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you can setup an ftp server on the one with the files and get an ftp client on the other
(actually windows' file browser can probably handle ftp connections, so you just need a server like filezilla server)
you can also look up the "HFS" http file server, which is very easy, no install required, free.
HFS is probably the easiest and quickest, but it's not meant for if you wanted it up all the time, if that's what you need i would tell you to learn FTP.
I had the same problem with my wife's laptop (using XP) and my desktop (which uses linux)
I made a very easy solution, on her laptop I made a folder (right click on the desktop and create a new folder) and called it 'Shared'. There is a Shared folder in explorer, but she wanted to see it on her desktop... then right click on that folder and select properties - sharing. To make it safe we also put a simple password. Now on my desktop I browsed Network and found her computer and could see that folder - I made that a shortcut on my computer too, so anything in that folder can easily be opened by both of us.
My favourite, however, is Dropbox. I have one folder on my computer which can hold 2GB of files - and when they have a green tick next to them it means they're synchronised. On my office computer and my laptop I have a similar folder, and when the files have a green tick, it means they're on all the computers at once - and also on the Dropbox website in my personal 2GB storage space. I can even download these files (from the website) to my telephone if I'm outside.
https://www.dropbox.com/
and just to show you how it works, if I right click an image in my 'public' folder, and copy the link - it comes out like this
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/446031/Pictures/Cat%20Enou...
take a look at that.
you can use a flash drive by opening it up on one computer, draging the files into that window, then puttung the flash drive into your other comuter, open the window and then drag the files out into another computer.
buy a mac and then follow the extremely simple instructions when you first start up the computer