I have a techie question

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

Anyone know if it's possible to transport some files (nothing huge just some pics, music and stuff) from my old tower to another computer if I don't have the old monitor anymore?

 

[Beach Hut]

Copy them to a memory stick ?

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

How if I can't see them?

 

[Sheebo]

100000MB of porn i assume...

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

Oh you lot are f***ing useless

come on!

 

[Marshy]

this must be a wind up......

borrow a monitor maybe

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

Connect the monitor on the new computer to the old tower?

It's a laptop.

Yes ok Marshy I'll just nip down to the monitor rental shop shall I.

 

[ChapManiA]

Remove the old HDD and put it in the new computer and copy across.
Or, buy an external HDD enclosure/caddy.

 

[Spicy]

How if I can't see them?

It should give you the option to copy all files onto the memory stick so I would go with that and then delete what you don't want after the transfer.

 

[ChapManiA]

I own this -- Max Value USB 2.0 Combo Hard Drive Enclosure for IDE or SATA Hard Drives: Amazon.co.uk: Computers Accessories

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

It should give you the option to copy all files onto the memory stick so I would go with that and then delete what you don't want after the transfer.

What, EVERYTHING? What sort of memory stick will I need for that ?

 

[Rangermouse]

You could also check to see if you have a TV with a VGA connection for temporary use as a monitor

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

I own this -- Max Value USB 2.0 Combo Hard Drive Enclosure for IDE or SATA Hard Drives: Amazon.co.uk: Computers Accessories

Good man

 

[redneb]

You could always boot up the tower and the laptop and copy the files accross using a cross over cable assuming both machines have NIC's.

Something tells me you might struggle with this though (no offense)

 

[Spicy]

What, EVERYTHING? What sort of memory stick will I need for that ?

I don't know the answer to that but I managed to transfer my files that way and managed to recover most of what I needed. You are probably right though and doubt if any memory stick would have the capacity for the music and film back catalogue.

 

[mistahclarke]

You could also check to see if you have a TV with a VGA connection for temporary use as a monitor

this, can buy them from most electrical shops really cheap, and can also use it to watch movies in the future.

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

You could always boot up the tower and the laptop and copy the files accross using a cross over cable assuming both machines have NIC's.

Something tells me you might struggle with this though (no offence)

None taken, else I wouldn't be asking

Something what Chapmania suggested is a little easier.

 

[redneb]

You can connect the tower to the laptop via their ethernet ports and then access the tower.
Might need to be a twisted ethernet cable though.

Yeah well I kinda just said that. 'Twistd ethernet cable' ?? what term is that

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Fixtures - although I can't find my thread on this. Bloody annoying. There must be a monitor thief about.

 

[ChapManiA]

Yeah well I kinda just said that. 'Twistd ethernet cable' ?? what term is that

It means the data can go both ways, known as a 'Crossover' cable.

A 'Patch' cable is used from a router to a computer.

Both are wired differently.