Ricky Ervins Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 I want to transfer a 15 gigabyte file from my laptop to desktop pc. I have a linksys router, and have heard you can do this quite simply by establishing a network connection between the 2 devices. However I havent been able to find good directions on how to do this. Can anyone either post a detailed explanation on how to do this or post a link for a website with a detailed explanation. (I am running XP on both machines) Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC4 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 I don't know the full details about how to do it, but to do it, you can go to the Start Menu, then go into the Control Panel and then go to Network Setup Wizard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLeVan Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Here's a pretty good link that should be able to walk you through it. Setting up a Network - WinXP For Windows XP computers, open the start menu, then open 'my computer' and right click the 'my network places' option on the left of the screen under 'other places', and select 'properties.' Sharing files with WinXP WinXP Important note: By default, Windows XP Professional (not Home Edition) installs a hidden share for EVERY drive. This means that every file on your XP computer can potentially be accessed from the network or the Internet. Since XP Professional was designed to be used in a business network environment, these shares were intended to allow a network administrator to access important files remotely. Only members of the Administrators group on your computer can access these shares. That should get you what you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Jones Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 First establish a TCP/IP connection. If you have "obtain IP Address Automatically" under network connections on both your notebook and PC you should be good-to-go. Assuming both are connected to the linksys router. Just go to Start - Run and type in cmd. At the prompt type ipconfig/all and see if you have an assigned IP address, default gateway and DNS servers for both the PC and notebook. the IP address should be very similar (but not exact) on each device. At the command prompt ping each device to ensure connectivity. Next, using XP, select control panel and select network connections. On the upper left select "setup home or small office network". Follow the appropriate steps and set your computer to operate on a small network. Do this for both the PC and notebook. Make sure the Workgroup name is the exact same for each device. Finally, go into windows explorer and select the drives and/or directories you want to share and select "sharing and security" and enable sharing. Do this for each machine. Under windows exporer at the bottom select "my network places" and find the other computer under the designated workgroup. This is quick and dirty. Let me know if you need further explanation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Jones Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 On a side note, if you are using Norton Internet Security just disable it. It is too long an explanation for getting Norton IS to play nice. Just disable it, download, and re-enable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrockster21 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Buy a USB key. Seriously though...just plug the two computers in to the router, share the folder the file is in on one computer, then just look for it on the other computer...super simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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