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Hello,
let's say all your usb ports are dead, you have a few gigs of data to move to your other computer and your internet speed is terrible, so uploading it all to cloud is your last option.
What are some things to do in situations like this?

EDIT: CD/DVD also not possible.
 
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Perhaps try removing the HDD and putting it in a caddy so you can plug it into another PC and so access your files (perhaps running Linux live on the other PC so you can see all the files)
 

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Mooly said:
Perhaps try removing the HDD and putting it in a caddy so you can plug it into another PC and so access your files (perhaps running Linux live on the other PC so you can see all the files)
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Sorry, I didn't understand this at all, could you please explain it a bit?
 

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Like this. You are essentially removing the drive from the faulty PC and connecting it via an adapter lead to your working PC's USB socket. This allows you to access the drive as if it were an external srorage device. If Windows (for some reason... try it first) would not recognise the drive then try running a Linux Live CD on the good PC as Linux will often access stuff that Windows will not. A Linux Live CD wont install anything on your PC, it runs the Linux OS live from the disc... a bit slow and clunky but it works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Civ3nQM-mHQ

Copy data from a broken PC hard drive - How-To - PC Advisor
 

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Since you say the USB ports are dead, that eliminates Mooly's suggestion of attaching drive via USB. Are we talking about a laptop or desktop? If the 2nd PC is a desktop then it should be possible to install the hdd from the 1st PC as an additional drive and then copy the data from it.

Another option would be to network the 2 PCs together and transfer the data over the network.
 

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Some good suggestions so far.

One for the future. :)

Make regular backups.
You never know when your computer will go belly up. :(
 

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strollin said:
Since you say the USB ports are dead, that eliminates Mooly's suggestion of attaching drive via USB. Are we talking about a laptop or desktop? If the 2nd PC is a desktop then it should be possible to install the hdd from the 1st PC as an additional drive and then copy the data from it.

Another option would be to network the 2 PCs together and transfer the data over the network.
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It's a desktop PC. That sounds great, is there some kind of a tutorial for this? I'm not much of a pro really.
As for transferring via network, I'm guessing that's the same as uploading to cloud.
 

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David Bailey said:
Some good suggestions so far.

One for the future. :)

Make regular backups.
You never know when your computer will go belly up. :(
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Yeaaah, I know :(
 

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lunix said:
MilesAhead said:
If you have standard ethernet connections on both machines you could use an ethernet crossover cable if you do not want to buy a router.

Connect two PCs using Windows 7 with a crossover cable - Microsoft Community
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I do have a router.
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Are both machines connected to it? Just set up a workgroup if so. How fast you can copy depends on the speed of the ethernet cards/chips. Minimum should be 100 Mb/s or a little over ten megabytes per second. Faster than uploading.
 

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MilesAhead said:
lunix said:
MilesAhead said:
If you have standard ethernet connections on both machines you could use an ethernet crossover cable if you do not want to buy a router.

Connect two PCs using Windows 7 with a crossover cable - Microsoft Community
Click to expand...

I do have a router.
Click to expand...

Are both machines connected to it? Just set up a workgroup if so. How fast you can copy depends on the speed of the ethernet cards/chips. Minimum should be 100 Mb/s or a little over ten megabytes per second. Faster than uploading.
Click to expand...

Yes, they are. The other one is on wifi, I suppose I'd want to switch to ethernet cable for this, right?
That sounds good. Is there some site/tutorial you recommend on how to do that or should I just look it up myself?
 

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lunix said:
MilesAhead said:
lunix said:
I do have a router.
Click to expand...

Are both machines connected to it? Just set up a workgroup if so. How fast you can copy depends on the speed of the ethernet cards/chips. Minimum should be 100 Mb/s or a little over ten megabytes per second. Faster than uploading.
Click to expand...

Yes, they are. The other one is on wifi, I suppose I'd want to switch to ethernet cable for this, right?
That sounds good. Is there some site/tutorial you recommend on how to do that or should I just look it up myself?
Click to expand...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83T_VQTftU8
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/150575
 

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Two PCs and a router there is nothing to it. The only thing is if you have gigabit ethernet on the PCs, the speed is 1000 Mb/s and the router is only 100 Mb/s you will be operating at 1/10th speed. You can get a gigabit switch and connect both PCs to it and then connect the switch to the router. If the PCs have the same speed as the router then it doesn't matter. A gigabit switch is probably around $20, - $40. Much cheaper than a gigabit router.

If they are gigabit network cards just search "adding a gigabit switch to 100 Mb router." It is just a matter of plugging in the wires. Also you may need higher rated ethernet cable for a gigabit network.
 

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Clintlgm said:
lunix said:
MilesAhead said:
Are both machines connected to it? Just set up a workgroup if so. How fast you can copy depends on the speed of the ethernet cards/chips. Minimum should be 100 Mb/s or a little over ten megabytes per second. Faster than uploading.
Click to expand...

Yes, they are. The other one is on wifi, I suppose I'd want to switch to ethernet cable for this, right?
That sounds good. Is there some site/tutorial you recommend on how to do that or should I just look it up myself?
Click to expand...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83T_VQTftU8
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/150575
Click to expand...

Thank you so much for this, I've managed to transfer all of the files. :) Cheers!
 

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Glad it worked out well for you. :)
 

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Glad you got it sorted..... As I was reading the thread, I was thinking about maybe you should explore the "Homegroups" option and set up a local home network so that you can transfer that way. It was suggested and it worked for you.
 

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