I need to transfer really large files from my laptop to pc and standard networking takes way too long. I have a firewire cable and want to know if it's possible to connect a laptop to a PC using a firewire connection. If it is, do you have any instructions?

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How to transfer files from a laptop to a computer.

sounds like what your looking for i think?

^^ I don't think this is what he wants.

I did that via USB some time ago. You need a little adapter for that. Something like that. (Note that USB 2.0 is faster than Firewire)

http://www.preisvergleich.org/pimages/USB-PC-Direktverbindungskabel-Link-Kabel-2-m_104__10810847_20.jpg

You can do it with the firewire cable if you go to network connections and click View Workgroup Computers. Put all the files you wanna transfer in the Shared Documents folder in C:\ on your laptop, and then on your Desktop, view the Workgroup and your laptop name should appear. Just click and drag em from the Shared Docs folder onto your PC.

Yeah, death rowe, I'm not really looking for synchronizing software.

Kron, I think you could be onto something. The network connections jams my pc when it searches but that's further than I got before. When I plug in the cable, a box comes up with "unrecognizable driver" which is probably why it jams up. Now I just need to find a driver which is gonna be a mission. :(

Nico, I might have to try out your advise and get a USB 2.0 cable since it would be much quicker. Do you know what price range USB cables are ?

Thanks guys :D

Like (*calculates*) 5 GBP, cable plus adaptor and software. The one I used looked a bit like an FTP client. You drag and drop files from on PC to the other.

Why not use a cross-over cable to transfer the files?

Like (*calculates*) 5 GBP, cable plus adaptor and software. The one I used looked a bit like an FTP client. You drag and drop files from on PC to the other.

N1, I'll check it out.

Why not use a cross-over cable to transfer the files?

What do you mean my cross-over ? I wanted to use the firewire cable since I have a spare one and just wondered if it was possible. At the moment I have a standard network and a wi-fi one to transfer the files but it does take nearly 1 hour to transfer using ftp. :(

Fuck my bad lol, sorry denz i wasnt sure what you ment :(

how big is "really large files"?

Do you have a ethernet port on both your laptop and your PC? If you do then you can use either a "straight through" cable or a "crossover" cable to transfer the files.

This conversation may help you out http://www.computing.net/networking/wwwboard/forum/24735.html

how big is "really large files"?

Sometimes I needa download backups and DVDs on my laptop overnight. My pc is way too noisey to sleep while it's switched on. The videos are actually as large as a DVD (5GB) since my screen is big. So most of the time I needa tranfer 5GB-15GB which takes ages. :mad:

Do you have a ethernet port on both your laptop and your PC? If you do then you can use either a "straight through" cable or a "crossover" cable to transfer the files.

This conversation may help you out http://www.computing.net/networking/wwwboard/forum/24735.html

I'll check out the cable. Thanks mate.:D

Gigabit ethernet? Most Pcs have a gigabit ethernet slot on the motherboard. Thats 1000mbps. (or you can get add in cards) Not sure if it would be on your laptop... could be I guess. Then get a cat 6 cable. That would work. Could be more expensive, but it would be ultra fast.