how to transfer huge files from vista to W7 .... HELP

i have a laptop [vista] with around 160GB data to be transferred to my desktop [window 7] both 32bit

i have a lan cable as well
please guide me step by step procedure ...... securith is not an issue as these 2 are my home computers

i am using a dial up connection to surf internet

kartikoli said:

i have a laptop [vista] with around 160GB data to be transferred to my desktop [window 7] both 32bit

i have a lan cable as well
please guide me step by step procedure ...... securith is not an issue as these 2 are my home computers

i am using a dial up connection to surf internet

1-get a crossover cable (or null modem cable) connect laptop to desktop
2-create destination folders.
3-share folders with laptop and desktop
4-mount share on laptop
5-drag files from laptop to desktop
6-done

let us know if you need further assistance

Ken

i have a lan cable connected to both PC's right now .... how do i create a destination folder

laptop data is present on my documents which i have to transfer to my desktop I drive .... its around 100Gb's of movies in a folder

DocBrown said:

kartikoli said:

i have a lan cable connected to both PC's right now .... how do i create a destination folder

laptop data is present on my documents which i have to transfer to my desktop I drive .... its around 100Gb's of movies in a folder

Regular lan cable will not work between two computers. It needs to be a crossover lan cable.

i dont know which type it is but i asked my technician to create a lan cable for files sharing and lan games ..... so it could be the 1 u are talking about

i cant confirm it as i have almost zero knowledge of networking

it's fairly simple to confirm :
hold both cable ends next to each other
if the color sequence of the 8 stranded wire in the plugs is identical, it's a 1:1 cable
if not, it's a crossover

-DG

Use a USB-HDD. They are quite cheap nowadays!

SledgeDG said:

it's fairly simple to confirm :
hold both cable ends next to each other
if the color sequence of the 8 stranded wire in the plugs is identical, it's a 1:1 cable
if not, it's a crossover

-DG

its a crossover i believe the combination are like these

first end
orange,blue green, brown

other end
green, blue, orange, brown

so green/orange are cross over but blue/brown are identical

mw2 said:

Use a USB-HDD. They are quite cheap nowadays!

yes they are.... but for just 1 use its useless

i just want to transfer the data and free the space in lappy [only 160GB]

If at least one of the PCs has a gigabyte NIC it will auto sense and you can use a normal patch cable. When you say orange, blue green, brown are you talking pairs of wires? On a normal cable one pair is split, the pins used are 1,2,3, and 6. 1 & 2 being one pair and 3 & 6 being the other. So on a crossover 1 & 2 on one end go to 3 & 6 on the other end, and vice versa.
Anyway, aside from linking PC to PC with a cable I believe you will have to setup an "ad hoc" connection. You will have to setup static IP addresses on each PC for them to talk to each other. Do you have a router by any chance? Or maybe borrow one for a short while. It would make things a lot easier.