Transfering Files frop Laptop to PC ! what's the fastest way ? USB 3 or Lan

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#1 Hydrolex
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should I connect my laptop to pc with a cable or should I use a USB 3.0 to transfer data to desktop ?

Talking about 20gbs of data lol

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#2 darksusperia
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use an external.
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#3 JigglyWiggly_
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lan

use an external.darksusperia

what year do you live in

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#4 darksusperia
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lan

[QUOTE="darksusperia"]use an external.JigglyWiggly_

what year do you live in

1999. it depends on his setup of which we know nothing.
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#5 C_Rule
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lan

[QUOTE="darksusperia"]use an external.JigglyWiggly_

what year do you live in

Without knowing anything about how his network is set up, it's safe to say a USB 3 HDD will be the most simple and fastest way.
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#6 FelipeInside
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LAN is still faster than USB3.0, and I would personally say more STABLE.

USB speeds sometimes fluctuate up and down, LAN does too but not as much.

But, as another poster said, USB is easier since you don't need network knowledge or sharing.

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#7 kraken2109
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Lan is up to 1000Mb/s, USB3 is up to 5000Mb/s, but chances are the hard drives won't use 1000Mb/s anyway, so lan would be faster since you only have to copy once.

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#8 JigglyWiggly_
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Lan is up to 1000Mb/s, USB3 is up to 5000Mb/s, but chances are the hard drives won't use 1000Mb/s anyway, so lan would be faster since you only have to copy once.

kraken2109
and a 5400rpm's hd speed writespeed is usually only around 640 mb/s either way LAN is by far easier than plugging stuff in dat's so ancient all bout dat cloud speaking of which i have 4 terabytes on
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#9 JohnF111
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LAN easy.
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#10 zaku101
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Use a Floppy.

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#11 NailedGR
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LAN, it's your only hope

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#12 FelipeInside
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[QUOTE="kraken2109"]

Lan is up to 1000Mb/s, USB3 is up to 5000Mb/s, but chances are the hard drives won't use 1000Mb/s anyway, so lan would be faster since you only have to copy once.

JigglyWiggly_

and a 5400rpm's hd speed writespeedis usually only around 640 mb/s either way LAN is by far easier than plugging stuff in dat's so ancient all bout dat cloud speaking of which i have 4 terabytes on

LAN isn't far easier than plugging in. You and I know about Networking so to us it's a piece of cake....but it's not the same for everyone.

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#13 Amster_G
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CD-RW. A whole stack of them...

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#14 adamosmaki
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CD-RW. A whole stack of them...

Amster_G
pfff CD-RW are so yesterday. floppy disks is all the fuss . Lots of them
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#15 Hydrolex
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thanks guys, im gonna go with the floppys:lol:

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#16 FelipeInside
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[QUOTE="Amster_G"]

CD-RW. A whole stack of them...

adamosmaki
pfff CD-RW are so yesterday. floppy disks is all the fuss . Lots of them

You're both NOOBS. Cassettes FTW !!!
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#17 adamosmaki
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[QUOTE="adamosmaki"][QUOTE="Amster_G"]

CD-RW. A whole stack of them...

FelipeInside

pfff CD-RW are so yesterday. floppy disks is all the fuss . Lots of them

You're both NOOBS. Cassettes FTW !!!

Pff they have nothing on Punch cards

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#18 Amster_G
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Guys, stick to the present stuff. I mean, seriously...

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#19 JohnF111
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What are you talking about..

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#20 FelipeInside
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^^ You guys are HARDCORE....I'm out of here and back to the best way to transfer information.

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