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marblecatdog

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11-06-2006 at 04:13:30 AM

My Mother is getting a new laptop for her birthday and I was wondering what would be the easiest and cheapest method to transfer about 2 to 4 GB of information from her old desktop to the laptop. I don't own any large storage devices and I don't have a DVD burner, I do have a CD burner. So I was hoping someone could offer a good suggestion, thanks in advance!!!

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11-06-2006 at 07:06:14 AM

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If you have a LAN, and you can get your mother's desktop & laptop to your place, you could hook up both machines to your router & easily transfer files that way.

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11-06-2006 at 05:29:10 PM

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you don't even need a lan. just connect the computers using a network rj-45 cable or a firewire cable .

or you could get an external Hard Disk

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11-06-2006 at 09:57:18 PM

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I agree if you dont have a LAN you can just spend a few bucks for an rj-45 CROSSOVER cable. Not the regular vanilla one that is usually sold. Difference is in the wiring since you're not using any switches/hubs. Cheaper then a firewire cable too I believe and since most old desktops and even newer ones might not have them.

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