Connecting 2 computers? (wired)

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Davis Goertzen

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I am trying to set up a connection with another computer which will enable me to access files on it, and transfer the files to my own computer. I don't have any wireless equipment. I have tried going from the phone line input on my computer to the phone line input on the other computer but that does not work. When I set up the connection on my own computer, I tried connecting, but a little pop-up window came up saying that the modem (or other connecting device) was busy or had not been configured properly. What would be the proper way to configure the line? Or am I going about this in altogether the wrong way? Thanks in advance.

Davis Goertzen

BTW, I would use jumpdrives, etc., to access the files, but that didn't seem to work.
 
Phone line? Hate to tell you this but I dont think windows can network using phone line, and if it can, it will be slow. What you need to do is make sure both pc's have a network card (NIC) and a corresponding cable (called cat5 and/or ethernet). You can tell if you have a NIC or not because the slot the cable plugs into looks like a longer/larger phone line input.

Anywho, if both pc's have a NIC your in good buisness. Buy a crossover ethernet (or crossover cat5/6) from a local computer shop and plug in both pc's. Windows should see the other pc and network with it. Then you just drag all the files you want into one folder, right click it "share on my network". Then go to pc #2 and go to start>my network places. There should be the folder, drag the folder onto your desktop (or wherever) and you should be good to go.

:)

Post back if you have any problems.

EDIT: This is going by your running windows xp. I have no idea if 95 can network. You might try ftp'ing your files, but this is not my area of expertise, someone else should reply.
 
kobaj said:
Phone line? Hate to tell you this but I dont think windows can network using phone line, and if it can, it will be slow. What you need to do is make sure both pc's have a network card (NIC) and a corresponding cable (called cat5 and/or ethernet). You can tell if you have a NIC or not because the slot the cable plugs into looks like a longer/larger phone line input.

Anywho, if both pc's have a NIC your in good buisness. Buy a crossover ethernet (or crossover cat5/6) from a local computer shop and plug in both pc's. Windows should see the other pc and network with it. Then you just drag all the files you want into one folder, right click it "share on my network". Then go to pc #2 and go to start>my network places. There should be the folder, drag the folder onto your desktop (or wherever) and you should be good to go.

:)

Post back if you have any problems.

EDIT: This is going by your running windows xp. I have no idea if 95 can network. You might try ftp'ing your files, but this is not my area of expertise, someone else should reply.
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kobaj...could you help me out with my problem? ive done what you said in the quote, but my pcs dont detect the cable being plugged in. here is the post on it all.
 
Nope, wouldn't do that, your best option is to install a Net card in that PC. And run a wire, or you could go wireless with USB network adapters, cost about $90 for two of them.
 
What os is the older one running? 95/98 is going to be hell getting drivers for a new nic/usb. Usb obviusly being the harder one.
 
The older computer is a Pentium, if that's what you mean. Otherwise, could you explain where I would look to find what os it is running?

And could you also tell my why you wouldn't use a Zip drive? If it would work, I wouldn't see much problem with it, unless there's something I don't know. Thanks

Davis
 
If you HAVE zip drives and they WORK between the two computers, then go ahead use them. I think the other guy just doesnt like zip. :P

As for os, I mean operating system, aka windows 95/98, me, 2000, xp, vista. Linux or mac. Pentium is the CPU you have.
 
I do not work with zip, I think zip is a modernized floppy drive, and is basically crap. If you have no idea what OS it is then you are gonna have problems either way. I do not like zip because it is not as fast as an NIC COULD be. I am a business tech. advisor, I might know a bit about linking PC's. If you do not wanna take a trip to Walmart or wherever and buy a $10-20 adapter card that will boost performance, you're on your own. Excuse me for trying to tell you what would be best, obviously you don't want help or a second opinion.
 
Ya thats what I figured. Windows 95 is absolute crap, I hate to say it, but anything you buy for it wont be worth it. Its near impossible to find drivers for 95 now that the new vista popped out. What I suggest is if they are both desktops you do like someone told you in the other thread you made and just slave the 95 into your new machine. If they are both desktops Ill be glad to tell you how to slave it.

If either is a laptop (oh dear god) then these files better be REAL important or that you can wait a good couple of days for them to transfer over ftp (this is assuming the 95 is connected to the internet) Which youll have to wait for someone else to tell you how to do that.

If the 95 is a laptop with no internet, you might be out of luck Ive pritty much given you all my ideas.
 
might as well just take one of the drive and put it as a slave on the computer you want to transfer the files to and just do a copy manually...
 
INTELCRAZY, the older machine is a Windows 95.

kobaj, both computers are desktops with internet connection. HOWEVER, our internet here is 28.8 Kbps dial-up (i.e., extremely slow), so it would take an awful lot of internet time to do anything like that. The newer machine has a floppy drive, a CD/DVD burner, and a hard drive in it, and I don’t think it will hold anything more. Would it work to temporarily replace the floppy drive with the Windows 95 hard drive, plug it in with the same wires, etc? Thanks.

Davis Goertzen
 
Davis Goertzen said:
INTELCRAZY, the older machine is a Windows 95.

kobaj, both computers are desktops with internet connection. HOWEVER, our internet here is 28.8 Kbps dial-up (i.e., extremely slow), so it would take an awful lot of internet time to do anything like that. The newer machine has a floppy drive, a CD/DVD burner, and a hard drive in it, and I don’t think it will hold anything more. Would it work to temporarily replace the floppy drive with the Windows 95 hard drive, plug it in with the same wires, etc? Thanks.

Davis Goertzen
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Haha! We have ourselves an innovator! Your on the right track with taking the 95 and putting it in the machine, ill give you a hint, this is called slaving.

Anywho, its not the floppy cable you want to plug it in though. You should be able to take the hard drive out of the 95 (with cable still attached) and plug it into the motherboard (and power) of the new computer. (this is assuming your new computers hard drive is sata (aka, different cable then the one on the old hard drive)).

If your new computer uses the same cable as the hard drive in your old machine. You will need to take and plug the old hard drive into the second connector on the cable going to the new hard drive (and power).

Then on the old hard drive there will be about 8 pins (in two rows of 4) with a black little block on two of the pins. If you read on the top of the hard drive, there is instructions on how to move this little black block to make the old hard drive "slave".

Turn on the computer and windows will probibly pop up with "found new hardware" and install the right drivers. Then you can go to start> my computer and there will be your hard drive (something like drive E:\) including all your files!
 
Thanks, kobaj, I'll see what I can do about that in the next few days.

BTW, INTELCRAZY, I didn't mean any disrespect by not responding to your ideas. It's just that this operation is likely to be a one-time thing, and I'd like to avoid spending any more than absolutely necessary.

Thanks to everyone for your ideas and help. I'll keep everyone posted on progress of the operation.

Davis Goertzen

EDIT: Since posting the above, I have decided that I will try to obtain some useless old computer to practice on before going ahead and doing this operation. So, it might be a little while before I report back to you all.
 
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