Solved Transferring files between different computers

willythecat

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I have a film (4gb and yes, NO copyright involved) that l want to send to someone. The first thing l did was to winrar it into three different formats (ie the complete film, the film in 200mb chunks, and the film in 400mb chunks).
My upload speed is next to useless so FileZilla was my first choice of uploading to my server (rapidgator) Whatever format l chose to upload, it said that it would take at least 70hrs to upload it. It was like watching paint dry, and then all of a sudden, the connection was lost and it started all over again!
Although l can contact this person, l have no idea of what system he has, but could find out if necessary.
So then l thought, what if he can look at a certain drive on my computer and then just drag and drop the files into his?
My first thought was Skydrive but this seems next to useless as it doesn't even start to upload anything whatsoever.
Usergroups? Don't even want to get into that scenario as it means changing my Windows settings.
All l need is a one off free program, easy to use, so he can access one of my drives, and drag the files over to his computer. When done, the program can then be removed and both our systems are back to normal.
Any suggestions?
 

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Matshita DVD-ROM SR-8584A
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You should send it on a DVD or USB stick.

Your upload speed is the issue here. There's no difference in time needed in uploading it to any cloud service (SkyDrive, RapidGator etc.) or if your friend logs in to your PC with a remote connection. If your upload speed is 1 Mbps and his download speed is 100 Mbps, he could download it from your PC at max 1 Mbps speed because your end cannot send any faster. His fast connection is meaningless here.

Uploading 4 GB if you could keep the max speed all the time with different upload speeds:
  • 512 Kbps > almost 19 hours
  • 1 Mbps > over 9 hours
  • 5 Mbps > 2 hours
  • 10 Mbps > 1 hour

As you certainly know you cannot keep the max speed all the time so the more realistic estimate would be about 50% longer, at 1Mbps for instance something between 12 and 15 hours.

Your best shot is to send it on a DVD or a USB!

Kari
 

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HP ENVY 17-1150eg
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Windows 10 Pro x64 EN-GB
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1.6 GHz Intel Core i7-720QM Processor
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Oh blow it!
Thanks for your very informative post Kari.
Made it a lot easier to understand.
Regards
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home Built System
OS
32bit Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU
AMD Athlon II X2 250 dual core
Motherboard
MSI 760GM-E51
Memory
4 x 1GB dual channel DDR3 @587MHz (7-7-7-20) Crucial Ram
Graphics Card(s)
Built in ATI graphics
Sound Card
Sound Maker Value 5.1
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer P224W
Screen Resolution
1680 x 1050
Hard Drives
2 x 500gb Samsung HD502HJ Sata
PSU
Heden 480W ATX V2.2
Case
ATX Tower
Cooling
n/a
Keyboard
Logitech hard wired Qwerty Keyboard
Mouse
Microsoft Basic Optical hard wired
Internet Speed
ADSL Av.download - 2.10Mb/s Av.upload - 0.14Mb/s
Other Info
Matshita DVD-ROM SR-8584A
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S202N
You are welcome. Send it as a DVD :p.
 

My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP ENVY 17-1150eg
OS
Windows 10 Pro x64 EN-GB
CPU
1.6 GHz Intel Core i7-720QM Processor
Memory
6 GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Graphics
Sound Card
Beats sound system with integrated subwoofer
Monitor(s) Displays
17" laptop display, 22" LED and 32" Full HD TV through HDMI
Screen Resolution
1600*900 (1), 1920*1080 (2&3)
Hard Drives
Internal: 2 x 500 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
External: 2TB for backups, 3TB USB3 network drive for media
Cooling
As Envy runs a bit warm, I have it on a Cooler Master pad
Keyboard
Logitech diNovo Media Desktop Laser (bluetooth)
Mouse
Logitech Performance Mouse MX
Internet Speed
50/10 Mbps VDSL
Antivirus
Windows Defender 4.3.9431.0
Browser
Maxthon 3.5.2., IE11
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