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erastes ([personal profile] erastes) wrote2006-12-05 10:51 pm
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PC is up and running!

It's not enormously faster, but the flat screen is great, and it's Broadband suitable, but i can't afford that till after Christmas.  It also has a DVD player/burner. I won't a clue how that works.  At last I'll be able to put on DVD's that have special PC extras on. hurrah!

I have such a lot of transferring and downloading to do. Ick.  The trouble being that my OLD pc only has a floppy disc and no CD writer, and the NEW pc doesn't have a floppy disc.

hmmm....

so i'll have to do a lot of emailing.  Thank god for writely.com, that's all i can say.

Another place to get your Standish!

Ireland

I wish I had something more interesting to say.  Dull Erastes.
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Ttransferring files

[personal profile] aunty_marion 2006-12-06 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
If Old PC has USB ports (New PC certainly should have them!), then a USB memory stick is quite cheap and holds a large amount of Stuph. Like, about £25 for 512Mb, or cheaper. 1Gb sticks come in regularly at around £35 some places. Copy a stick-full over, erase what's on the stick, and copy another stick-full. Shouldn't take too long.

If it's got a DVD/CD-ROM ReWriteable drive, it should have software to go with it, but the newer versions of XP allow you to do it through Explorer. When you load a blank CD (and, I assume, DVDs, but I haven't got a DVD writer, just CD) you get a pop-up window asking what you want to do with it. There's an option which allows you to use it as a blank 'drive' - I forget exactly what it's called, but it should be fairly obvious if you read the options - and then you simply open Explorer, drag files to that 'drive', and then there's a menu option to 'burn files to disc' or something similar. Easy-peasy.

Re: Ttransferring files

[identity profile] erastes.livejournal.com 2006-12-06 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Thats the trouble. the old pc DOES have USB ports, it was a good pc for its day, but they never worked for some reason, and I couldn't bear to be without it for long enough to get it mended.

It's annoying. perhaps I'll try and get it fixed after christmas now I have Deep Thought as a replacement.

Until then,,, email email email...

[identity profile] stormheller.livejournal.com 2006-12-06 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
I had the same issue when upgrading computers recently. I bought quite cheaply a flash drive (jump drive/key chain drive) and the transfer took mere minutes. Plus I've found it very useful subsequently.

Here's an example of one on Amazon.com (US$s) but I know I can find a reputable electronics clearance place locally and get a much better deal. No doubt you can, as well.

http://tinyurl.com/y8ywom

[identity profile] erastes.livejournal.com 2006-12-06 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh thanks hun, but that's the trouble. the usb ports never worked on PC 1. probably something very very simple to fix, but I'm all alone and untekky.

grrrr.

that looks cool though!

[identity profile] asphodeline.livejournal.com 2006-12-06 12:15 pm (UTC)(link)
A USB memory stick is a great idea. I've used one for the first time when taking docs from my desktop to my laptop and it worked amazingly easily. They aren't very expensive and places like Amazon and PCWorld online have them. The one I used had limited capactiy so I just transferred what I could, wiped it clean and started again, sort of in batches. I'm not good with computers so honestly, anyone can do it!

My Standish is on its way!!!!

[identity profile] erastes.livejournal.com 2006-12-06 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
The Usb on PC 1 doesn't work, though that's been the main problem with pc1 all along.

but.. SQUEEEE!!!! I hope you like it!!!
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