I am looking for ways to connect the internal hard disk drives of 2
laptops(one dell and another a toshiba). I need a lot of stuff from
one of the laptop's drive on to the other one.

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Request for Question Clarification by crabcakes-ga on 05 Jan 2006 10:35 PST

Do both laptops have USB ports?

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Clarification of Question by harshag-ga on 05 Jan 2006 11:37 PST

Yes. Both of them do.

Hi Harshhag,

   There are several ways you can transfer data from one laptop to
another. (This works dektop to laptop, and vice-versa as well)


One of my favorite ways is using a USB file transfer cable. The site
says it is compatible with Windows 98, ME and 2000, but I use it
successfully with Windows XP too.  While there are others, I use this
one:
http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/searchdetail.asp?T1=131+0850&dept=&search=&child=

This cable comes with a Cd that puts a very small application on each
laptop. Once the software is loaded, each laptop displays a window,
similar to Windows Explorer. You can see each drive in a split pane
window. Then you simply drag files and folders from one laptop to the
other. Simple and fast.

If you have a CD burner on your laptop, you can burn the data and copy
it to the other laptop.


A USB pen drive (Also known as flash drives, USB drives, etc.) that is
large enough to transfer your data will do the trick too.
http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/SearchAll.asp?s=SA

A more tedious, but cheap (Free) way is to e-mail your data to
yourself using a web-based e-mail such as Gmail, Hotmail, etc. All of
these services have a file attachment feature, and most allow up to a
10mb file size.


Keep in mind that none of these methods will transfer applications or
settings - just data.


One of my colleagues reminded me recently of Aloha Bob. I have not
used it, but it is supposed to be able to transfer applications and
settings.
http://www.alohabob.com/

Please let me know, before you rate, if any part of my answer is
unclear, by requesting an Answer Clarification.

Sincerely, Crabcakes

The Answer was very quick and helpful