Is there a way to directly transfer files between laptops and PCs using regular USB cables? - eviltoast

I’ve replaced my old laptop with a new one and I have over 350GB worth of data to move over, moving all of it to an external drive and then moving them to the new laptop doesn’t seem efficient and it seems like it’s gonna take forever

I know there are some special cables that can do that but I don’t wanna waste money on something that I’m only gonna use once every 5 years at most.

  • Cevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Unfortunately you would need some kind of electronics in the middle. You can get USB “bridged” or “networking” cables, but they aren’t regular USB cables.

    However, the electronics could be a smartphone if you have one. Transfer the files from your old laptop to the phone, then to your new laptop.

    Ultimately, networking would be the easiest and fastest way to do it. If you’re on Windows, you could use a program such as FastCopy to verify the files on the receiving end.