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Name: dwin
Date: February 12, 2008 at 01:37:40 Pacific
OS: vista
CPU/Ram: 2gb
Product: hp
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I often transfer large amounts of pictures between computers. (about 2000) It takes forever. I transfer them to an external hard drive then transfer them again to the second computer (2 hours). I've tried transfer wizard (too long- and it grabs all jpgs -not just personal pics), I need something to do this faster- even if I hook up both computers together it takes a couple hours. any suggestions?



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Response Number 1
Name: shuck13000
Date: February 12, 2008 at 02:53:30 Pacific
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not the most practical solution but what about taking the hard drive out of the first pc and slaving it into the second pc...


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Response Number 2
Name: Bryco
Date: February 12, 2008 at 03:08:00 Pacific
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....or burn them to DVD once.

Bryan


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Response Number 3
Name: dwin
Date: February 12, 2008 at 04:46:40 Pacific
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master slave has been tried and is also very slow- couple hours


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Response Number 4
Name: Death_Knight
Date: February 12, 2008 at 07:00:03 Pacific
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Is any of those HD running PIO mode? or they are all UDMA? Just a thought


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Response Number 5
Name: XpUser
Date: February 12, 2008 at 07:14:57 Pacific
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dwin,

Your Vista will always be slow until you applied all Windows Updates especially

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938...

and

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938...

Mine was slow until I updated Vista. Have you?

i_Xp/VistaUser


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Response Number 6
Name: Sabertooth
Date: February 12, 2008 at 07:45:12 Pacific
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Response Number 7
Name: dwin
Date: February 12, 2008 at 15:01:32 Pacific
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thanks- no i didn't update- but now i will- thanks for the link too


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Response Number 8
Name: The Banter
Date: February 12, 2008 at 15:40:50 Pacific
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ILL GIVE YOU A HINT--- the better brands of external hard drives are several times faster. really, they are. Also, watch for the USB port. USB1 is very slow.. Also, look into the ESATA port. this will become the standard.


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