Transferring photos from old desktop to new laptop

NiftyDigits

8GB for £2.99.

A slow drive, but I'm guessing that speed is not important.

USB 3.0 for £4.49, if you have a USB 3.0 port on the laptop, is a little faster

mioliere

Thanks, Googler. but, as Laz123 has said, I'm not savvy enough, I'm afraid! It's something I want to do but whenever I research how to do it, I am confounded by the jargon! Thanks for taking the time to reply to my post, though!

Laz123- I can type professionally on these things until the cows come home, and I can sort really minor issues out but, when it all gets technical, you are so right, I'm not even semi-techie!

NiftyDigits; you are right, I'm not worried about speed, just getting the task achieved. Thanks for the links; I will take a look.

Thanks to everyone that has replied to my post which I only put on here earlier this morning; I've had some really useful suggestions.

Kathy

googler

Do you have both PCs connected to the Internet via a router? A BT homehub, or something similar?

mioliere

Hi Googler - my desktop is attached to the router via the cable, and my laptop is wireless. I should mention that I live in France and that my service is with Orange via a Livebox.

dipsomaniac

why can't you just install dropbox on both?

mioliere

Hi Dipsomaniac; thanks for your reply. I will take a look at Dropbox.

googler

mioliere wrote: »

Hi Googler - my desktop is attached to the router via the cable, and my laptop is wireless. I should mention that I live in France and that my service is with Orange via a Livebox.

So you're halfway there. Right-click on the folder you want to copy stuff from on one machine, and select Sharing. Set it to be shared on your network. Do the same with the folder you want to copy to on the other machine.

On one of the machines, open up the sending folder and the target folder. Copy/paste.

Google 'copying files over a network + OS' where 'OS' is your operating system for loads of guides all over the web.

googler

mioliere wrote: »

Thanks, Googler. but, as Laz123 has said, I'm not savvy enough, I'm afraid! It's something I want to do but whenever I research how to do it, I am confounded by the jargon!

Don't you want to learn new stuff?

mioliere

Googler, yes I do, very much so. I'll give it a go later on today using your instructions, and let you know how I get on.

Thanks for the advice!

mioliere

Googler, yes I do, very much so. I'll give it a go later on today using your instructions, and let you know how I get on.

Thanks for the advice!