what would you suggest to the tutor?

[kwfine]

Hi, all Raymond forum members.

Interestingly, during my very first lesson of [Introduction to PC] this morning,
maybe the tutor wanted to know our levels of knowledge to PC hardware, so he was asking us this question:

A office boy gets two PCs, both are of 500GB HDD. Now that he wants to transfer part of the data around 200GB in PC A to PC B. Suggest him a best way to do so.
The criteria are that the suggestion should neither cost him much money nor
much time.

I don't have any idea, so just suggested him buying an external storage device; use it to store the 200GB data from PC A first and then transfer the data in it to PC B afterwards.

Of course, my suggestion should be the most expensive one to be tried out.

If you were me, what would you say?

[mEtRiX]

Connect the two PCs via crossover cable, and transfer the files. Though, I've never seen someone transfer so much files, I'd say that the process would take over one and a half hour at least.

[Lenogris]

take hard drive out of pc a move to pc b then move files from a to be then put a back

[blackrose]

Lenogris suggestion is the best. With 7200 RPM Speed it will take less than 1 hr to transfer 200 GB.

It will cost him zero penny. It's like getting the job done with no budget.

I suggest connecting the two PC in network using 1 GB of Ethernet Adapter. So that it will be easy for future transfer also.

[Raymond]

What mEtRiX suggested, using a crossover cable is the "easiest" way but not the fastest.

As for Lenogris method, taking out the hard drive, it's quite inconvenient if you have a casing that you need to unscrew all the screws, unplug the hard drive, plug it to computer B, detect it, and start copying the 200GB. However, the copying will take only a while.

If it's only 1 computer, I'll use Lenogris's method. If it's a lot of computers, I'll use mEtRiX's method.

[mEtRiX]

Thank you for supporting my idea, Raymond. This just proves that I'm not studying computer technology for nothing, heh. Alas, I wouldn't recommended taking out hardware if you don't know how to connect it. I've met people who thought it was just a matter of pluggin' in the right cables, but you also have to set the MASTER and SLAVE jumpers and that can be a pain in the ass if you don't know what you're doing.

[kwfine]

Connect the two PCs via crossover cable, and transfer the files. Though, I've never seen someone transfer so much files, I'd say that the process would take over one and a half hour at least.

Great, mEtRix!
That's the final answer we got from the tutor this morning.

But once again, he didn't expalin how to set up and use the crossover cable.

So, the answer is useless to me because he didn't show a demonstration or step by step how to transfer the data using the crossover cable.
Do you have any ideas, mEtRix?

[mEtRiX]

I've posted an answer to this question some time ago (on this forum). I'll just redirect you to this [url=http://forum.raymond.cc/viewtopic.php?id=346]link, heh. The thing is rather basic stuff since Windows XP supports simple file sharing.

Make sure this option is enabled so you won't have problems sharing files (Folder Options > View > enable Use simple file sharing).



After you've connected the two computers using a crossover cable, and arranged the correct IP addresses, you are ready to transfer files. You can share almost any folder on your computer just by right-clicking on it, selecting properties > sharing > enable Share this folder on the network. If you've done as I've told you, you can now copy-paste whatever you want from one computer to another using Windows Explorer or something similar.

[kwfine]

I've posted an answer to this question some time ago (on this forum). I'll just redirect you to this [url=http://forum.raymond.cc/viewtopic.php?id=346]link, heh. The thing is rather basic stuff since Windows XP supports simple file sharing.

Make sure this option is enabled so you won't have problems sharing files (Folder Options > View > enable Use simple file sharing).



After you've connected the two computers using a crossover cable, and arranged the correct IP addresses, you are ready to transfer files. You can share almost any folder on your computer just by right-clicking on it, selecting properties > sharing > enable Share this folder on the network. If you've done as I've told you, you can now copy-paste whatever you want from one computer to another using Windows Explorer or something similar.

Thanks, mEtRiX!
BTW, that's a big surprise to me that you have become the MOD, mEtRiX!
congratulation!

[Retarded IT BOY]

Metrix is a pimp like that :P