Easy transfer cable

paul2468

Thinking of getting one from ebay as i have got over 4000 photos and lots of videos that i want to transfer .....are they any good..?.....i do need the transfer to be easy as i am not very techie minded.......:beer:....i would be transfering from my tower pc on xp...to my laptop on windows 7

debitcardmayhem

Not needed if they are both attached to the same router (wireless or wired) Or you could use a USB stick or DVD's

neilwoods

A usb flash drive would be better, get more use out of it.

16gb if want to do it one go or 8gb to do in 2 or 3 batches

paul2468

how do you do it withe the flash drive ?

Stooby2

The USB / flash drive just plugs into your USB port. Once Windows has recognised it, open Windows Explorer (Windows Button + E key on the keyboard). It may be easier to open two Explorers (press the key combination again). Have the photo folder open in one window, and the USB drive in the other - then just highlight all the ones you want to transfer and drag and drop them into the other window.

DMFR

paul2468 wrote: »

Thinking of getting one from ebay as i have got over 4000 photos and lots of videos that i want to transfer .....are they any good..?.....i do need the transfer to be easy as i am not very techie minded.......:beer:....i would be transfering from my tower pc on xp...to my laptop on windows 7

If you have a lot of photos and videos and you do not want to lose them I would back them up to an external hard drive and dvd

Quick search on amazon..

DVD-R writeable disks

Portable hard drives

Lincoln_Imp

Portable hard drive a good option
you can get a 500 gig one for 40 quid

closed

don't need to spend any money, just network the 2 machines and copy the files across. Always good idea to keep 2 or more copies - if you are disposing of the old machine, you could also put the old disk in a usb disk caddy, and use for backups, more useful than an easy transfer cable

iSaving

Just remember, if you're copying things across the network (especially wireless) it is likely to take a lot longer than copying to an external hard drive via USB or Firewire.