Transferring large amounts of data from old PC to new one
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Transferring large amounts of data from old PC to new oneI need to transfer music, movies and tv shows to a new PC. This is about 376GB of data.
Although now that I've seen how much I currently have, I'm sure I can delete quite a bit of stuff and cut it down a fair amount.
Can I do this over a network? I'll transfer from Vista to Windows 7, so I could use Windows Easy Transfer over WiFi to do it? Would this take ages? Cheers! -
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Re: Transferring large amounts of data from old PC to new oneWhy don't you just move your hard drive over to the new pc? And transfer it internally(Original post by wanderlust.xx)
I need to transfer music, movies and tv shows to a new PC. This is about 376GB of data.
Although now that I've seen how much I currently have, I'm sure I can delete quite a bit of stuff and cut it down a fair amount.
Can I do this over a network? I'll transfer from Vista to Windows 7, so I could use Windows Easy Transfer over WiFi to do it? Would this take ages? Cheers!
You can do it, but I would personally connect it up directly to the router to ensure the best speed. -
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Re: Transferring large amounts of data from old PC to new oneIf transferring to a laptop, take the drive out and put it into a USB caddy and just plug it in.
If it's a desktop, just take the drive out and fit it in a spare drive bay.
If you don't feel competent to do this, then there's also the caddy option that I mentioned earlier with the laptop. If you don't feel competent about installing the drive in a caddy, well there is the slower option of connecting it up on a network and it will probably take a couple of days or less depending on the network speeds you have and whether or not you are using wifi or direct cable. -
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Re: Transferring large amounts of data from old PC to new oneI'd highly recommend syncbackl to do this as it allows you to create a large batch to transfer your data. The benefits of this include better error reporting and handling - it won't cancel the whole lot if one file won't copy and it can resume a half completed job.
