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

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Quickest -

  1. Take the lid off the source PC put the HDD in it
  2. Copy the stuff.
  3. Pull it out
  4. Put it the other PC,
  5. Your done

Formatting the HDD my be optional.

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Connect both computers over ethernet and rsync the data across. It will still take several hours over gigabit ethernet though.

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  1. Take the drive from PC 1 and attach to PC 2 => copy / paste

  2. External drive

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What file system do you get the most compatibility out of?

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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.

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rsync over sshfs over Ethernet.
I transferred 10 Tb over night, but it depends on how many files do you have.

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