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fj12ryder
Aug 04, 2018Explorer III
theoldwizard1 wrote:I'm not sure that Windows 10 will work with an Ethernet Crossover Cable, i.e., a twisted pair network cable. And really the network is the simplest way. Using the external hdd means you copy everything you want to the drive, and then recopy to the new laptop. Network them and you copy once instead. Basically half the steps and half the time.fj12ryder wrote:
Network them together and simply Drag-and-Drop. On older vintages of Windows you could use a twisted pair network cable and transfer that way, but I doubt that Windows 10 would allow that.
If you get an Ethernet Crossover Cable. Windows doesn't know any better.
The simple thing to do is use what you have. The external hard drive.
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