In the past, I have used a USB to transfer a few video files from one computer to another. This time I have over 1 terabyte of movies and shows I’d like to transfer. What is the best method?
I know it will take a very long time
Quickest -
- Take the lid off the source PC put the HDD in it
- Copy the stuff.
- Pull it out
- Put it the other PC,
- Your done
Formatting the HDD my be optional.
Connect both computers over ethernet and rsync the data across. It will still take several hours over gigabit ethernet though.
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Take the drive from PC 1 and attach to PC 2 => copy / paste
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External drive
Parallel port would be faster than serial, but if you’re using serial I’d go with Z modem for the compression and error correction.
rsync over sshfs over Ethernet.
I transferred 10 Tb over night, but it depends on how many files do you have.