I have a tech question

@ClassyCat (1214)
United States
March 13, 2009 10:06am CST
I have a desktop and a laptop. If I wanted to transfer something from my desktop into my laptop files, pictures, or something I downloaded from the web, could that be done? I am not a real savvy person when it comes to computers, so when explaining, please use plain and simple terms – if indeed this can be done Thanks
9 responses
charlesb
@charlesb (17)
• Spain
13 Mar 09
the easiest way is to to buy a usb pen drive and copy your files using it. Or if you have internet on both computers you can send them through msn! It is really fast when both computers are in the same network.
ClassyCat
@ClassyCat (1214)
• United States
14 Mar 09
Thanks for your responses. For whoever asked about it - - I have plain old dialup internet. Most of what has been offered, is all ‘greek’ to me, but thanks any way. I though I might be able to go the route of using the “remote assistance” feature on my computer. And – I didn’t mention that I am vision impaired, so plugging and unplugging things in can be a real challenge. Thanks again for all of your suggestions. Have a great weekend
helole
@helole (21)
• China
14 Mar 09
The best way,i think,is using a high capacity mobile hard disk.
minfas
@minfas (878)
• Sri Lanka
13 Mar 09
Check if you have network cards on both your computers. If so get a network cable and plug and share it. Then copy or move the files you want. Have a nice day
kumarpslv
@kumarpslv (3216)
• India
13 Mar 09
If you have a Ethernet cable of length about 1 or 2 meter, connect the laptop and the desktop.Then you need to ping them using the system addresses for file sharing.It is very easiest process. But as like our friends told,if you buy a pen drive you can use it any where.
rakesh284
@rakesh284 (1472)
• India
13 Mar 09
Well if you want to transfer your data from your computer to your laptop then you can either purchase a Pen Drive (Flash Drive or Thumb Drive). They are plug and play devices. You don't have to install any software to use them. You just have to purchase it and plug it at any USB Slot and copy whatever you want to transfer from PC to Notebook and paste it in Removable Drive. Then you can connect that Pen Drive to your laptop and again Copy- Paste the data that you want to transfer. Most importantly you can do this n number of times. Once your pen drive has no space then you can remove some data and again use it.
louisex2
@louisex2 (203)
• India
13 Mar 09
Do u have LAN/Wireless on both systems?...if yes u can use CAT-5(crossover) cable to connect them...or if u have wireless on laptop n LAN CARD+WIRELESS MODEM on PC then u can transfer files wirelessly... www.tomshardware.com/forum/50943-2-connect-laptop-desktop-transfer-files-fast
benny128
@benny128 (3615)
•
13 Mar 09
yeah u can network ya pc and laptop together or easiest way buy yourself a pendrive here in uk can get 1gb pendrive for about 10 uk pounds and transfer them that way.
tea512
@tea512 (687)
• United States
13 Mar 09
unless they are both on some kind of a network, you will need to use what we call sneaker-net. That means you have a flash drive (thumbdrive) you copy the files t othe USB drive on the desktop then plug the flash drive into the laptop and copy them to that machine. we call it sneaker-net, when you have to move with your feet from one machine to another.
snowneo
@snowneo (116)
• Canada
13 Mar 09
I would either use a USB stick or you can place the files into a zipped folder and attach them to an email and email yourself.