Gentlemen, recommendations needed please.

When building/buying a new rig, what is the best way to transfer all of your data to a new machine?

TIA.

30GB[or more] USB flash drive.
And if you have to use it more then ounce, you can.

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Originally posted by SILVERFISH1992:
30GB[or more] USB flash drive.
And if you have to use it more then ounce, you can.

+1.
Flash drives are blazing fast. You could also use them as virtual memory with great results.

Thanks guys! Will look into it.

You could also just fit your old HD to your new rig and transfer what you want to your new one.

'Tis only a couple of cable dettachment/reattachments.

Saves having to fork out for a 32GB Flash.

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Originally posted by JSG72:
You could also just fit your old HD to your new rig and transfer what you want to your new one.

'Tis only a couple of cable dettachment/reattachments.

Saves having to fork out for a 32GB Flash.

I got a USB SATA/IDE drive adaptor with its own powersuply for that, wich can fit any type of harddrive.

http://www.digitus.info/en/pro...ories/?c=1209&p=3534

Get an external hard drive with firewire(s).

They are cheaper now, and can hold 250gb+.

For a little extra money you can get 500Gb, or even a terabyte.

Seems like the way to go with the way some technology advances.

I have a use for one, just to store old media projects on.
Then i use my computer hard drive for current projects.

I'm not sure how fast firewire would compare to a flash drive, but then it probably depends on the amount of info you are transferring.

I just figure you kill two birds by getting an external hard drive. Then you still have a handy piece of hardware if you need extra storage.


Bill

via a network, or direct ethernet connection. buy a cross-over cable*, manually assign each computer's IP address, share an empty folder on the new machine, and just drop your files across. With average 100MbpS ethernet cards you'll get around 5-10 MB per second, and don't have to wait for files to copy onto, then off the storage, or plug and unplug things.

I use a four port modem/router, and also an eight port hub. I couldn't imagine not having my computers connected any more.

*modern network cards seem to work with or without a cross-over cable, but to be sure i'd suggest the cross-over for this purpose.

Second on crossover cable. I recentlty bought a new computer and used a "tornado" crossover cable. Simple connections through usb ports. Configured easily and very fast transfer rate.

TY for all your suggestions guys.

I'm planning on getting one of these soon, that will solve all my storage/transfer/backup needs in one fell swoop.

There are several options
plug in old drive as secundary drive in new computer
External eSATA drive
External USB 2.0 drive
USB 2.0 Flash drive (slow on small files)

THrough drive sharing on local network through either a cross-over UTP cable or through a router (preferably with auto-MDI/MDIX switching ports so you can use crossed or straight UTP cables.
NAS (Networked Attached Storage) preferably on a GBit network, otherwise slower than USB 2.0

What is best for you depends on your current setup and what new setup you are aiming for. If you have several; computers and other network devices you want to connect I would go for the folder/drive sharing option.If it is just a question of old PC to new PC, I would go for a USB drive or eSATA drive if the computers support it or just swap drives in and out internally. Don't forget the drive/folder sharing network option means all computer can access all the shared resources, just like with NAS. connections can be wired or wireless.
The networked solution is the one I have at home. 2 PC's, a Netbook, a media center/PVR/NAS
and several external and internal Hard drives I can stream media (upto 1080p HD recordings) from anywhere to anywhere.

If you really want a NAS I would suggest building one yourself. The ready-made NAS are far too expensive. It's nothing more than a simple computer with storage running either Windows with shared drives or Linux with Samba and shared drives. I would suggest fast Gigabit ethernet and router (preferably 802.11n wifi (that's faster than a 100Mbit wired network) the Linksys WRT610N would be an ideal router/switch for this type of network.

If you set up the network correct you can even approach it from the Internet world-wide
log-in from anywhere and you have access to all your data and systems. I can even program my PVR from the internet to record a TV or radio program

Can I transfer IL2 via flash drive?

I've got modded version and 8 years worth of various downloads.

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Can I transfer IL2 via flash drive?

Sure, if the flash drive is big enough, GB - wise.

Copy the IL2 Sturmovik folder to the flash drive.
Unplug it from old computer, plug it into new computer, copy it from flash drive to hard drive.

Then run IL2Setup.exe to check whether the settings correctly reflect the hardware on the new computer!

Good Luck!

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Originally posted by FoolTrottel:

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Can I transfer IL2 via flash drive?

Sure, if the flash drive is big enough, GB - wise.

Copy the IL2 Sturmovik folder to the flash drive.
Unplug it from old computer, plug it into new computer, copy it from flash drive to hard drive.

Then run IL2Setup.exe to check whether the settings correctly reflect the hardware on the new computer!

Good Luck!

My Il2 files are 32 gigs+.

Is it possible to use 8 gig flash drive, and transfer the sim in increments?

Yes, that's possible.

But, you will either have to use some backup-utility, or maybe Winzip. And create multiple zips of 8Gb each.

You can also try and do it manually.
By selecting and copying folder by folder, and when you've filled up the 8GB on the flash drive, copy it to the new computer, empty the flash drive, copy the next batch of folders...

But, that's not easy, as you may miss folders/files in the process.

If you are on XP Pro, you can try the Backup utility of Windows itself: Start it on the old machine, have it backup the IL2 folder to the flash drive, wait for it to ask for a new media/target once the old one is full.

Then take out the stick, use the same util on the new computer, and start restoring. Once this one ask for the second media, unplug the stick, move it over to the old machine, and continue the backup, overwriting the stick.
(Not sure whether the backup utility will accept this hot-swapping, but you could try...)

There could also be freeware utilities that can help you here, but I do not know of any...

Thank you very much for your help!

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Originally posted by CUJO_1970:
Can I transfer IL2 via flash drive?

I've got modded version and 8 years worth of various downloads.

Its posible but... some hardware and aplication might not work corectly if it finds no regestry keys from an install.
(I know my stick wont work for example with out those)

I recomend you install the game first, (so it installs regestry keys) and than just extract all your old files right over it.
That prevents you from running into problems later.

I transfered all the files over to the new rig...they are all on my desktop.

I need to copy them to my drive, correct? (C:\)

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I need to copy them to my drive, correct? (C:\)

Yes.