You need a cross-over cable and run the network wizard on
both computers to setup the network. The transfer will be
very fast at 100 Mbps.

A standard cable can be used if you have a hub, router or
switch.



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"Alex H" <somone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:%23y3MzGI5FHA.2524@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
| Hi i need to transfer abouit 10GB of data from one laptop
to another
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| Both running XP Pro
|
| Whats the best way please.
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| can i just connect with straight throough cable, set both
to same IP range,
| make the source drive as shared and then copy the data
over?
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| Thanks
|
| A|lex
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|