blhowes
Puritan Board Professor
A while ago, the screen on my laptop was damaged, most of the screen was unusable. We ended up buying another computer. The old one sits downstairs, waiting to let me get files off of it.
I'm trying to figure out the easiest/cheapest way to get files off of that computer. Computer Geeks, and Wannabee geeks in training, how would you go about getting those files off the old computer. I've considered several options:
1. Bring the computer to work. I have a separate monitor that I use with my work notebook. I could connect the monitor to the broken computer, use the other monitor as the primary monitor, and access the files that way.
2. I have a wireless router at home. Maybe there's some way I could hook the broken computer to the router and be able to "see" the files in the broken computer from the good computer.
3. Maybe there's a way to go USB-to-USB.
4. When I was out Christmas shopping, I saw a remote hard drive (~$80) that you just hook up to the USB port and the hard drive automatically retrieves all the files, without any operator input. I wonder if I could download the files onto the hard drive, then hook it up to the new computer and access the files I need somehow.
5.
I'm sure the best option is probably option #5, but I'm not sure what that option is. Geeks? Wannabee Geeks in Training?
I'm trying to figure out the easiest/cheapest way to get files off of that computer. Computer Geeks, and Wannabee geeks in training, how would you go about getting those files off the old computer. I've considered several options:
1. Bring the computer to work. I have a separate monitor that I use with my work notebook. I could connect the monitor to the broken computer, use the other monitor as the primary monitor, and access the files that way.
2. I have a wireless router at home. Maybe there's some way I could hook the broken computer to the router and be able to "see" the files in the broken computer from the good computer.
3. Maybe there's a way to go USB-to-USB.
4. When I was out Christmas shopping, I saw a remote hard drive (~$80) that you just hook up to the USB port and the hard drive automatically retrieves all the files, without any operator input. I wonder if I could download the files onto the hard drive, then hook it up to the new computer and access the files I need somehow.
5.
I'm sure the best option is probably option #5, but I'm not sure what that option is. Geeks? Wannabee Geeks in Training?