Computer Moving Question

[Guy]

I'm going to be getting a new computer sometime in the near fututre, and I'll have to give this one to my parents. However, on this computer I have all of my files, games, movies, ect. Is there any way to move all these files from this computer onto mine? If I move all my stuff onto blank CDs, I can never get them off the CDs again. When I try to move them from the CD to the computer, it says that the files are "Read-only" or "write-only" or somthing like that, and that they can't be removed from the CD. I don't want them stuck on the CDs, so is there some way for me to move all my games, files, movies, ect. Onto my own computer?

[Deach]

When your taking them off the CDs are you right clicking them and selecting copy, then going into the folder you want them in, and pasting them?

[Zeek]

If both computers have a network card you could get a cat 5 crossover cable and set up a network.

[mushindo]

If you want to use the cds after you have all ready burned them, buy CD-RWs regular CD-Rs are one time burn and everything stays there until the cd is destroyed

[Ryan]

Originally posted by Zeek
If both computers have a network card you could get a cat 5 crossover cable and set up a network.

That right there folks, is the best way of doing it.

Or when u get ur new PC take the Old HD from ur old PC, put it in the new PC and copy all the files from the old HD to new the new HD.

But using the Cat 5 crossover is probably the best.

[Josh]

I agree 100%. It is fast and easy.

[Dark Neighbour]

CAT 5 Crossover Cable Networking is the way to do this. If it doesn't work, just take the HD out of your old comp and put it in ur new one, copy the files over, and put it back where you found it.

[grantu2]

If its programs you can download or you have the cd for you really don't need to back anything up except for any save files you created with that program.

Option
1: Slave the old HD on to your new computer and just drag and drop the files on to your new HD.

2: Network the computers and just share the folders on your old HD and then drag and drop shared files onto your new HD.

option 1 I think is the fastest and easiest method.

[Guy]

I don't know how to do any of that, nor did I understand it. The only thing I know how to do is to right-click on a file (or a folder with a ton of files in it) and select "send to.." and then just send the entire thing to the CD. What I want to know, though, is if there's a way to get all that OFF the CD later so I can put it on my new computer. I mean, putting it all onto a CD without being able to move it all to my computer would be pointless. And some of my things I couldn't properly run on a CD anyway. (such as my emulators. I wouldn't be able to make and save-states if it's on a CD)

[Deach]

Originally posted by theguy678
I don't know how to do any of that, nor did I understand it. The only thing I know how to do is to right-click on a file (or a folder with a ton of files in it) and select "send to.." and then just send the entire thing to the CD. What I want to know, though, is if there's a way to get all that OFF the CD later so I can put it on my new computer. I mean, putting it all onto a CD without being able to move it all to my computer would be pointless. And some of my things I couldn't properly run on a CD anyway. (such as my emulators. I wouldn't be able to make and save-states if it's on a CD)

All you do is highlight all the stuff on the CD. Press CTRL + C (to copy it) then go to the folder you want to put it in, and press CTRL + V (to paste it)

[Guy]

Thank you very much. I'm glad to know that I'll be able to get all of it off the CD and onto my computer. Or copy it from the CD and onto my computer, whatever. As long as I can get my stuff from this one to mine, I'm happy