files and settings tranfer wizard

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my old and new pcs are connected by a serial port to
tranfer files and settings from old to new pc.
the pcs have linked, there is 35gb of files to tranfer
and they are both telling me the tranfer will take 700
hours. There must be a way to speed up this tranfer up.

 

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Hi,

Yes, don't use a serial cable - it is excruciatingly slow. Find another
method of networking the systems, read:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm

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Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
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Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"ivan46" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> my old and new pcs are connected by a serial port to
> tranfer files and settings from old to new pc.
> the pcs have linked, there is 35gb of files to tranfer
> and they are both telling me the tranfer will take 700
> hours. There must be a way to speed up this tranfer up.

 

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Check Radio Shack, Circuit City or Best Buy for a Crossover cable.
Transfer large files or folders from one PC to another PC through either
Parallel Cable / LAN Crossover Cable / Network LAN. A Serial port will take
forever.

"ivan46" wrote:

> my old and new pcs are connected by a serial port to
> tranfer files and settings from old to new pc.
> the pcs have linked, there is 35gb of files to tranfer
> and they are both telling me the tranfer will take 700
> hours. There must be a way to speed up this tranfer up.
>