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Mass transfer of data?
michelevit:
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--- Quote from: michelevit on May 01, 2006, 06:40:28 pm ---waaah- stop complaining.
:hissy:
i think all of these are good solutions.
no need to gripe about any of these solutions.
here are the different options i recommend.
1. burn cdr of the data, that way you can transfer AND have a backup. considering that cdrs are less than a dime
each, it wont break your wallet.
2. purchase a large cheap hard drive from newegg.com, outpost.com or frys and mount in in a usb enclosure.
(this is cost you 100-150 bucks and you will have a drive that you can use as a backup. You can also take
this to friends houses to transfer data. This is what I do. I also have several images of each of my computers for
back up reasons.
3. set up network provided you have NICs in each computer.
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why would setting up a network be your third choice, and spending $100+ on unnecessary hardware be your second choice? And as great as external enclosures are (I have 2), there are not great for backup purposes. Hard drive + mobile applications + potential to drop/bump/shake = disaster.
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i didn't mean to imply an order, i just was listing the different options. i like the external
hard drive because i keep all my music, pics and data on all my computers. i just copy and paste and 20-30 minutes later all my data is moved. No burning cds or dealing with scratched or lost disks. No flipping through binders for the right disk and i can take it anywhere.
clhug:
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--- Quote from: Havok on May 01, 2006, 03:38:33 pm ---
--- Quote from: Harry Potter on May 01, 2006, 03:24:53 pm ---Bah. Don't listen to them.
DVDs. :laugh2:
Get a 720K formatted DOS floppy disk, and just keep transferring the stuff piece by piece. It's great exercise running back and forth 30 thousand times. ;D
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Make sure to 5 1/4" disks - they're more reliable...
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I'm sure there would be some way to attach an old tape player from a c64. Imagine actually being able to hear your data transferring!!!
I know you're a young buck, so you may need to look some of these up and look at the capacity/transfer rate to fully appreciate the joke. :)
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:laugh2: Now that's funny! I actually HAVE a tape player from a c64!!! You just gave me a project to work on! :)
TMS:
I would second the crossover cable. You can get one at most shops for less than $10. One end goes into the mame box the other to your regular pc. Set both ip addesses for the same subnet ie 192.168.1.x
Lastly on either machine Start - Run - \\othercomputername\c$
Now you are tranferring data @ ~100mbs.
BobA:
A crossover cable for your network connectors is the cheapest way but I use a USB Hardrive as it is easier to move the HDD then move a computers close enough to use a crossover cable. The USB harddrive also serves as a backup of my important files. If you buy an enclosure and a 120 GB harddrive in the US you should be able to get away with about $100. The preassembled units seem to cost a bit more.
Boba
jfunk:
This is pretty cheap ThinkGeek Link
No clue if it works, but sounds neat.. :)
Thanx.