# Trying to setup things so that I can transfer files between my deskto[p and laptop

Category: Geeks r Us

## Post 1 by mdyer1983 (I can't call it a day til I enter the zone BBS) on Friday, 20-Jan-2006 21:54:13

Ok fokes. I would like to find out if there is a way to set up my desktop and laptop so that I can transfer files back and forth between them. I am connected to a router on both comoputers and it is wirles. I can tell my laop top that I want to shatre the c drive but if I try to bring up the opsions to share on the desktop it just sits there and freeses for a few minutes and then I get a debuger dialog box what should I do. I doon't want to have to reformat if I don't havee to so if someone could help me that would be great.
Matthew who is still desperetly trying to fix it.

## Post 2 by louiano (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Saturday, 21-Jan-2006 1:23:38

What i usually do is use a media type but I don't know about connections.... I would get a usb transfer cable, I trust cable connections more than whireless

## Post 3 by b3n (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Saturday, 21-Jan-2006 18:36:57

Well if you just share your c drive on your laptop and then connect to it on your desktop you won't need to share anything on your desktop, as you can copy things from your laptops c drive to your desktop and things from your desktop to your laptops c drive.
This might take a long time if you are using 802.11b wireless cards.
Have you considdered using dvd's?
BEN.

## Post 4 by mdyer1983 (I can't call it a day til I enter the zone BBS) on Saturday, 21-Jan-2006 23:08:16

I have done that but I don't see the drive or folder when I tell it on the laptop that I want it to share what else do I do to get the desktop to see the laptop. I do have a usb drive, but the audio files take up most of the space. I don't mind it taking up some time as lonog as I know it works. It was fine for a while but now all of a sudden it no longer works,.

## Post 5 by b3n (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Sunday, 22-Jan-2006 7:27:19

Well tbh i don't really understand ^.
So lemme give you this in steps
1: share your laptops c drive.
2: in run on your desktop type \laptopname (if you don't know what this is then type in %computername% in run and press enter it will say.)
You shood see your laptop now, with a folder called c which is your c drive.
Hope this helps, BEN.

## Post 6 by b3n (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Sunday, 22-Jan-2006 7:27:20

Well tbh i don't really understand ^.
So lemme give you this in steps
1: share your laptops c drive.
2: in run on your desktop type \laptopname (if you don't know what this is then type in %computername% in run and press enter it will say.)
You shood see your laptop now, with a folder called c which is your c drive.
Hope this helps, BEN.

## Post 7 by mdyer1983 (I can't call it a day til I enter the zone BBS) on Sunday, 22-Jan-2006 21:33:46

Hi Thanks. I will givde it it a shot and see what happens.
Matthew