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transferring date from one computer to another

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by loriaudio1

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i currently have a dell diminsion 3000 desktop and am getting a gateway(both about 2 years old) is there a way to transfer data from my dell hardrive to my gateway hard drive without having to manually transfer everything. in other words can the 2 be connected to each other? in order to transfer everything?

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by ic-it

There are many ways.
If you have network ports on both computers;
You can setup a small home network and share the drive.
Or
Use a crossover cable to connect between the ethernet ports.
If no ports, one of the easier ways is to connect the drive as a slave in the new system and transfer the files.

Link for networking (note the howtos):
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/
Link to slave a drive:
http://www.wikihow.com/Add-an-Extra-Hard-Drive

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