Copy files from 1 Win7 to another Win7

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  1. Posts : 66
    Windows 7 Pro
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    Copy files from 1 Win7 to another Win7


    I have a desktop PC running Win7 and a laptop also running Win7. When I attempt to copy a file from the desktop to the laptop I copy file and then direct it to the temp file on the laptop. I receive "the \\Toshiba2\C:\folder does not exist. The file might have been moved or deleted. Do you want to create it" I have both pc's on a homegroup and when I look at the laptop it shows a temp file on C: and if I say yes to create it (from the message I receive) nothing happens, cannot find created item.
    Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. The computers are connected thru a router by cable.
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  2. Posts : 28,845
    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
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    RobertD said:
    I have a desktop PC running Win7 and a laptop also running Win7. When I attempt to copy a file from the desktop to the laptop I copy file and then direct it to the temp file on the laptop. I receive "the \\Toshiba2\C:\folder does not exist. The file might have been moved or deleted. Do you want to create it" I have both pc's on a homegroup and when I look at the laptop it shows a temp file on C: and if I say yes to create it (from the message I receive) nothing happens, cannot find created item.
    Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. The computers are connected thru a router by cable.

    Hi robert and welcome

    whats the path of where you want to copy them to? the error is saying to c:\folder. Is that the temp folder you want to copy it to?

    Ken
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  3. Posts : 1,299
    Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) *** Windows XP SP3 (32-bit), OSX 10.6
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    RobertD said:
    When I attempt to copy a file from the desktop to the laptop I copy file and then direct it to the temp file on the laptop.
    What do you mean by this? Have you tried to just open two Explorer windows and drag-&-drop your file?

    Walker
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  4. Posts : 66
    Windows 7 Pro
    Thread Starter
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    copy file from one Win7 to another Win7


    To Zigzag3143.
    Don't know why the "temp" was left off the message I got, but I was trying to copy to C:\temp when I attempted to copy.

    To WalkerA:
    Not sure how to do what you suggest. I'm trying to copy the file from one PC to another PC; how could I "drag" and drop in that case?
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  5. Posts : 259
    Windows 10 Home
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    Something I have had on my context menu since XP is "Copy To" "Move To." It simplifies, for me, copying and/or moving files within the network or within your computer.

    Brink has a tutorial on it here:

    Context Menu - Add Copy To Folder and Move To Folder
    Last edited by Cato; 08 Jan 2010 at 01:04. Reason: Just cause.
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  6. Posts : 1,508
    Lion
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    I believe it shuld be the permission issue since C being the windows/root drive.

    If you have any other partition on the destination machine, try to copy to there. Or, you can create a temp folder in the dest machine and then transfer.
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  7. Posts : 1,299
    Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) *** Windows XP SP3 (32-bit), OSX 10.6
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    RobertD said:
    To WalkerA:
    Not sure how to do what you suggest. I'm trying to copy the file from one PC to another PC; how could I "drag" and drop in that case?
    If destination PC is on your regular network (not Homegroup), you should be able to pull up two adjacent Explorer windows - origin folder in one, destination folder in the other - and drag-and-drop the file. By no means is that the only way - Cato's suggestion is a great solution - to me it's just the most visually clear process. But it may indeed be a permissions issue too

    Walker
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  8. Posts : 63
    Windows 7 Professional
       #8

    Is the temp file on the laptop machine actually shared? by using an explicit path like you show, you will not be able to make the copy. You would have to use this: \\Toshiba2\C$\temp\

    If it is shared you just need to use \\Toshiba2\temp\
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  9. Posts : 8,870
    Windows 7 Ult, Windows 8.1 Pro,
       #9

    Why not just use the folders that are made to share with? Like one of the many Library folders or any of the Public folders. Of course you would need to set up either Homegroups or Workgroups before hand.
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  10. Posts : 66
    Windows 7 Pro
    Thread Starter
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    To all that replied to my plea:
    zigzag123,WalkerA,CATO,DRE@MS,mvnsnd and Chev65 I thank you much. It seems that part of the problem is that I evidently don't have "permissions" on my laptop for C: drive and unfortunately I don't know how to do it.
    As you can probably tell, I'm not too comfortable 7 yet and while with XP it seemed much easier 7 just has me confused. What with Homegroups, etc. as Elvis would say, I'm all shook up. I tried the C$ bit and was told I don't have permission. With CATO's suggestion, I was never able to just extract the exe. file from Copy_move zip file. And on and on. So thanks for now and I'll keep trying.
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