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    Just got my replacment m14x - best way to transfer files?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by willie182, Jan 18, 2012.

  1. willie182

    willie182 Notebook Enthusiast

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    What would be the easiest way ? any benefit that there both alienware? just games and music files really my internets too slow at home to be using icloud and steam downloads but im back in college soon where its much faster
     
    willie182, Jan 18, 2012
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    Latromi Notebook Enthusiast

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    The best way I know is via LAN. Use the Shared Network folder.

    Microsoft has a walkthrough on how to do that HERE
    Both computers need to be on the same network to do this.

    There isn't any benefit that they are both alienware, but it IS a benefit that they are both Windows.
     
    Latromi, Jan 18, 2012
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    Pete- 7r0jan Notebook Consultant

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    via wireless..
    laptop to laptop..
     
    Pete- 7r0jan, Jan 18, 2012
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    USB enclosure? Its fairly easy to remove the HD from the m14x.
     
    wakkigy, Jan 18, 2012
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    why not just switch the hard drive from each?
     
    niko2021, Jan 19, 2012
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    Latromi Notebook Enthusiast

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    Huh. Can't believe I didn't think of that myself. Yeah, that would be the quickest way provided there isn't something about the drive on the old computer that makes this undesirable. (Viruses, slower drive, etc.)
     
    Latromi, Jan 19, 2012
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    I sense sarcasm lol? Hard to tell over the inter webs. If there is a reason you can't switch them out, and there isn't a virus on it, I'd do a disc image to clone the drive. I use acornis all the time. But there are other disc cloning software.
     
    niko2021, Jan 19, 2012
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    It depends on the size of the files being transferred. Wireless is fairly slow and will not give you the same performance as a hardwired Gigabit LAN. You could also through your old drive in an external enclosure that has a USB 3.0 port. Those are the fastest methods of file transfer.

    You could always pull the laptop apart and use the power/SATA cable from your DVD drive to hook up the extra hard drive and transfer SATA to SATA.
     
    GIJoeMyGoodness, Jan 19, 2012
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    @niko2021 Nope, no sarcasm at all actually. I personally have never had two computers with similar enough specs to even THINK about switching hard drives, so the thought never occurred to me. If I had swapped drives before, maybe it would have occurred to me. But since I never have, and all I have ever done is use LAN for file transfers. . . that was all I thought of.

    Your solution, provided there ISN'T anything wrong with the original drive, is completely brilliant.
     
    Latromi, Jan 20, 2012
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