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by behrs

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I am looking for a better way to transfer data from one machine to another. Currently, we transfer data up to our LAN and then bring it back down to the machine. This has caused its share of problems. Some data from a one user wound up on anotherusers machine. I am also interested in documentation on who others do data transfers.

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by stillatit

The easiest way, if both are on the LAN, is to share the target disk, with password if you are not in a domain, with permissions to only one user if you are. Sit on the source machine, open the target disk of the target machine, and move everything over the wire. Only those with the appropriate passwords will be able to see the data. If you do the transfer yourself, you can document it.

Alternately, put a writable CD, or Jazz or Zip drive on the parallel port of the source machine, and writeto removeable media. Then load the files on the target machine(s). Since you can keep custody of the media, you can document where the data is.

Good luck.

by vh_s

Question arising:
1. How big is the data ? 1.7Gb or it is a mere 170Mb ??
2. Do you upload data to server to the user home directory or just to a shared directory accessible for (almost) everybody ?

When you used shared directory to upload / download data, you are looking for trouble. There will be once in so many occasion that confidential data will fall to unauthorized person. And that is just to precious.

Question 1 is related to calculate the amount of time needed for data transfer.

vh_s

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