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Hey everyone,
This is a step-by-step write-up on how to transfer files from your old Windows XP (SP2 - 32x) computer to your new Windows Vista (32x) computer.
The reason I'm doing this is because there are many ways to transfer files--through Belkin's special cable, through a wireless or wired network via a router, or what I did: using a Cat 5 crossover cable (RJ-45 connections) to directly link your two computers together via your network cards.
I'm a huge newbie when it came to doing this, and although many had their own way and chimed in, it was all very confusing. So here's a step-by-step guide how I got it to work with a transfer speed of about 4.75 MB/sec. About 60G of files were transfered in roughly 3 hours.
Materials Needed:
- (1) Cat 5 crossover cable (~$13 at Radio Shack). It HAS TO BE a CROSSOVER CABLE, not a regular networking cable like when you connect to the internet.
Getting your systems prepped for transfer:
- Shut down both systems, plug one end of Cat 5 cable into your XP system's network plug (RJ-45), and the other end in your Vista system's network plug (RJ-45).
- Start both systems (order doesn't matter) and let Windows load completely.
- The first thing you need to do is configure your network cards to be nearly the same. On your XP machine, go to Start > My Network Places > Network Connections. Right-click on Local Area Network > Properties. Scroll down and click on to Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), then Properties.
- Chose the "Use the following IP address" radio button and enter "192.198.0.1" for IP address, and "255.255.255.0" for Subnet mask. Leave Default gateway blank. Click OK. Close all open windows.
- Click Start > Control Panel (classic view) > Windows Firewall and disable the firewall completely for now.
- Go to Start > Control Panel (classic view) > System. Under Computer Name tab, click Change next to "To rename this computer or join a domain." Change the WORKGROUP name to something obvious. In the end, both WORKGROUP names on both computers will need to be exactly the same so don't forget it. Click OK. Shut down XP system.
- On Vista machine, go to Start > Control Panel (classic view) > Network Connections > right-click Local Area Network > Properties. Scroll down to "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)," then click Properties. Just like on your XP machine, enter these values: "198.192.0.2" for you IP address, and the exact same Subnet mask "255.255.255.0." Leave Default gateway blank again. Click OK for all open windows and close them.
- Go to Start > Control Panel (classic view) > Windows Firewall > Change settings and turn it off. You can turn it back on for both computers once the transfer is complete.
- Go to Start > Control Panel (classic view) > System > "Change settings" under Computer name, domain, and workgroup settings. Click "Change" next to "To rename this computer" and under WORKGROUP name it the exact same that you did on you XP system. Click OK to all windows and close them.
- Restart both systems (order doesn't matter).
- Now you have to check and make sure you have a good connection, so do a ping test. On your Vista machine, press Windows key + R to bring up the Run program and type "ping 198.192.0.1" this will bring up a MS-DOS screen and will "ping" your XP computer. If you get a "timed out" ping, go through and make sure everything is right. If not and you get good pings, you're good to go.
**I'm tired of typing so I will finish the SOFTWARE part of the write-up in an hour or so.**
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You could just leave the IP addresses blank and use APIPA to assign the IP addresses. So far so good. Long write up
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This is good.
Good job on the write-up.
For me, I connect both computer to my router, then I install Radmin server on my XP computer, Radmin viewer on my Vista computer. Then I just connect to XP computer local IP via Radmin, opens up Radmin file transfer, and all is good.
File Transfering from XP to Vista (32x) - A Write-Up
Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by ski_merlin, Jun 5, 2008.
