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More info?)
I'm thinking that he can transfer selectively. The templates would not take
a lot of space and should fit a floppy, or at most a small part of a cd.
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"Ron Martell" <ron.martell@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Alavay <Alavay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>I am not a savvy user. I just got a new computer running XP media. I want
>>to
>>move my info form my old computer. I am reading about many diferent
>>scenerios. Can I do the F.A.S.T with the null cable?
>
> Using FASTW is certainly a good way of gathering up the files and of
> putting them into place on the new machine.
>
> However a "null cable" usually means a "null modem cable" that
> connects two computer by means of their serial ports. If there is any
> substantial volume of data to be transferred (e.g. more than 100
> megabtes) then this method will be excruciatingly slow, with the
> transfer time measured in hours or even days.
>
> There are other means of transferring the data gathered by FASTW which
> may be a bit more complex to implement but which are much faster at
> transferring the data. These other methods include:
>
> 1, A parallel port data transfer cable (8 times the speed of a serial
> port cable). These would usually be referred to as "Laplink" cables,
> after the software that first used this type of connection. Note that
> "Laplink" cables come in both serial port (null modem) and parallel
> port versions.
>
> 2. A USB to USB port data transfer cable, if your old computer is
> running at least Windows 98 SE and has USB ports. These are special
> cables and come with software as well.
>
> 3. A simple two computer network, which requires network cards in both
> computers and a "crossover" RJ45 network cable. Also requires
> configuration of the network settings on both computers.
>
> 4. After running FASTW on the old computer and saving the data in a
> file on that computer's hard drive you can remove the drive and
> temporarily install it as a second hard drive in the new computer.
> Then you can run FASTW to import the file contents. This requires
> some knowledge and ability with the installation of disk drives etc.
> as is not practicable if either (or both) computers are laptop models.
>
>
> Good luck
>
>
> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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