Two PCs, one piece of wet string

Hi there



I have two PCs (one ME, one XP) and a firewire cable (with appropriate
ports therefor in each machine).



I want to be able shift files from one machine to the other (both ways, on
an ongoing basis) over a simple bit of wire. I don't need to do any sharing
of printers/ISP connections or anything fancy like that and don't really
want to shell out on hubs/bridges etc.



Can someone tell me (using very short words and sentences) how I can set
them up so as to be able to move files between them.



TIA



Nic

forget firewire it wont work. Buy a USB data transfer cable, make sure it
comes with software ie Genelink or similar. Approx $10 (£15) on eBay

works a treat for me......

H

"nic" <nic.boulton@nospam_btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there
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> I have two PCs (one ME, one XP) and a firewire cable (with appropriate
> ports therefor in each machine).
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> I want to be able shift files from one machine to the other (both ways, on
> an ongoing basis) over a simple bit of wire. I don't need to do any
sharing
> of printers/ISP connections or anything fancy like that and don't really
> want to shell out on hubs/bridges etc.
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> Can someone tell me (using very short words and sentences) how I can set
> them up so as to be able to move files between them.
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> TIA
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> Nic
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In article <c8n9k7$889$(E-Mail Removed)>, "nic"
nic.boulton@nospam_btinternet.com says...
> I have two PCs (one ME, one XP) and a firewire cable (with appropriate
> ports therefor in each machine).
>
> I want to be able shift files from one machine to the other (both ways, on
> an ongoing basis) over a simple bit of wire. I don't need to do any sharing
> of printers/ISP connections or anything fancy like that and don't really
> want to shell out on hubs/bridges etc.
>
I'd guess that the firewire port will show up as a serial connection in
Direct Cable Connection.

In article <c8ndtv$i3f$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Henry" dj@
124btinternet.com says...
> forget firewire it wont work.

What gives you that idea?

Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Sat, 22 May
2004 12:54:05 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.comp.home-networking, yawatina tan reek esk Rob Morley
<(E-Mail Removed)> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>I'd guess that the firewire port will show up as a serial connection in
>Direct Cable Connection.

If both machines were XP, he could just connect them together and it would
"just work". Firewire ports show up as network connections under XP.

As for ME, I don't know.

deKay
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Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Sat, 22 May
2004 11:35:27 +0000 (UTC), sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.comp.home-networking, yawatina tan reek esk "Henry" <(E-Mail Removed)>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>forget firewire it wont work. Buy a USB data transfer cable, make sure it
>comes with software ie Genelink or similar. Approx $10 (£15) on eBay
>
>works a treat for me......

Firewire WILL work, and will be quicker then USB.

deKay
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then why not tell us how its done............saying "it will work" is of no
help

H

"deKay" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Sat, 22
May
> 2004 11:35:27 +0000 (UTC), sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.comp.home-networking, yawatina tan reek esk "Henry"
<(E-Mail Removed)>
> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
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> >forget firewire it wont work. Buy a USB data transfer cable, make sure it
> >comes with software ie Genelink or similar. Approx $10 (£15) on eBay
> >
> >works a treat for me......
>
> Firewire WILL work, and will be quicker then USB.
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> deKay
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> |- "I'M IN THE GROOVY GANG"

In article <(E-Mail Removed)> ,
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> In article <c8ndtv$i3f$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Henry" dj@
> 124btinternet.com says...
> > forget firewire it wont work.
>
> What gives you that idea?
>
Because plenty of people try and end up in here asking how to get it to
work.

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and you keep him warm for the rest of his life.

> forget firewire it wont work. Buy a USB data transfer cable, make sure it
> comes with software ie Genelink or similar. Approx $10 (£15) on eBay
>
> works a treat for me......

or this
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=39504
http://tinyurl.com/dtz0

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Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Sat, 22 May
2004 16:24:59 +0000 (UTC), sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.comp.home-networking, yawatina tan reek esk "Henry" <(E-Mail Removed)>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>then why not tell us how its done............saying "it will work" is of no
>help

As I have said - with two XP machines you just connect them together.
Literally. I don't know if this is the case with ME or not, but I know it
will still work - it just might need more software and/or configuration.


deKay
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