Ways To Share Your Files With Another Laptop PDF Print E-mail
Written by Francua Smith   
Saturday, 12 September 2009 10:33
Have you ever wanted to share your files with another laptop but didn't know how? The ability to transfer files between laptops is important in the working world. For example, a last minute amendment to a presentation might need to be transferred to the colleague who is presenting the information to the audience. Knowing how to transfer files quickly between laptops is an essential skill to know.
by FrancuaSmith


Have you ever wanted to share your files with another laptop but didn't know how? The ability to transfer files between laptops is important in the working world. For example, a last minute amendment to a presentation might need to be transferred to the colleague who is presenting the information to the audience. Knowing how to transfer files quickly between laptops is an essential skill to know.

1. Overview There are two main ways to transfer files from one laptop to another. One approach would be to use a storage medium (e.g. such as a CD / DVD or USB drive). The other approach would be to use a network and transfer the files. Either option is viable, it just depends on your preference.

2. Copy the files to an USB flash drive The fastest and most idiot evidence technique of transferring files to another laptop is to copy the desired files into an USB drive. The device acts like a tough drive and it comes beautiful cheap. You only drag and drop the file you want copied into the flash drive's disk icon. However, this approach is not appropriate whether you have enormous (e.g. a few GB) file sizes.

3. Burn Files to CD or DVD The other way to transfer files between laptop is to burn the files to a CD or DVD. Most laptops now have a DVD burner and a DVD disc costs only pennies. You can typically get the flaming done in not more than 10 minutes of burn time. If you have super big files that don't adapt into a flash drive, then flaming the files into a CD or DVD is the next finest technique of transferring files.

4. Transfer the files over a network The next approach is to transfer the files to another laptop via a network. You would need to have some technical know-how to do this. What you do is to connect a wireless laptop to another wireless laptop, with a wireless router in-between.. You will need to ensure that the administration access rights, network protocol TCP (e.g. TCP/IP protocol), workgroup names are set up properly on the target machine. You also need to ensure that the "File Printer and Sharing Services" option is enabled. If you sharing a folder using Windows XP, make sure you select "Allow network users to change my files" in the options for the shared folder. Another option is to email the files, but if these are huge in size, then they might get blocked by the recipients email server. You can also implement a laptop to laptop connection using a cross-over Ethernet [wired] connection. This approach is supported by almost 99.99% of all laptops. Finally, you can also connect laptops to laptops using a standard Ethernet connection (connected to a hub or router). This is also a commonly used approach used to share and transfer files.

Conclusion Transferring files between laptops is clearly something that is important. This is usually quite easy to do. Make sure you are aware of the above tips, so that when the time arrives for you to transfer files to another laptop, you know exactly what to do.

DISCLAIMER: This article is provided as information only and is not to be taken as financial advice.

Francua Smith is a skilled Computer specialist who has a lot of experience on laptop computers. He will help you to choose your own nice laptop computer.