I am trying to link my mom old computer to mine so i get get files and pictures from it it wont let me save them on her computer i tried saving to a disk, CD, External Hard drive and thumb drives, I wanted to knwo if there a way to connect her to mine pull teh files save tehm to a external harddrive??

 

I use what is called a NIC crossover cable.
Jst like a network USB Just has a pin or two reversed.

Do you by chance have a router in use?

 

i have a wireless internet router

 

Just go to any computer store and ask for a crossover cable. Then turn off the router and make neither one is physically connected to the router. Then just plug the crossover cable in the network jack of both computers. Then you should be able to move the files across, it may take some time depending on how much data you need to transfer.

 

You can just connect the old computer to the router and make a network connection. For that you just use a regular network cable. You prbably have one laying around somewhere.

 

1. Pull the hard drive out of her computer.

2. Connect it to yours using this adapter:

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=2020&cat=HDD

 

Free if you have the cable!
I guess the old computer has a network card
If not glc to the rescue

 

how big are they? email them to your self.

 

The pics arent a problem its the Files I have to liek network them together to get them

 

or just pop the drive in yours as a slave and copy over. You can unhook your cd-rom and use that connection if need be. Don't forget to move the jumper over and then back (if connecting as a slave) when you put it back in your mom's.
Connecting to the router and enabling file sharing is the easiest method though.

 

just get a usb cable, plug one end into your usb port, and the other into hers. it will read just like a flash drive or external hard drive.

 

forgot to say BRIDGED usb to usb. just a normal one shouldnt work. the bridged one can actually be used to create a network connection between 2 computers, and they can share an internet connection one computer. that way, if you have the ethernet port in use, you dont have to loose access to f150online.

 

Not a problem with that thats why i have the lap top

 

haha. just making sure.

 

Pics are files. You don't have to network anything to copy files but you CAN.