transfer files wirelessly, over wifi.

[theshadowxx]

ok so I want to back up a few desktop folders onto my NEW laptop cause im planning on wiping my HD on my desktop, i want to trasnfer them wirelessly over. how do i do this? my laptop is an lenovo thinkpad x200 (windows xp proffesional) my desktop is a dell xps630(running vista 32bit) i NEED ACURATE instructions, ive heard there is problems, if you are trying to do this with 2-differente OS's.

 

[Quiltface]

make a share on your laptop create a folder right click sharing and security share this folder.

go to your vista machine and open run type in \\laptopname\sharename then just copy and paste.

 

[theshadowxx]

i dont get how to do it on my laptop(XP professional 32bit) . i go right click the folder, then go to sharing but then it let me like click anything it says to share this folder with other use it move it to the shared documents folder, but i wnat to just be able to access it where it is now. can someone give me more accurate instructions, like step by step things to do.

 

[Homenet]

Thats because you have simple file sharing on.

Load up windows explorer:

Tools > Folder Options > View > go to the bottom and untick "Use simple file sharing"

Ok all that, go back to the folder you wanna share, right click it, go to the 'sharing' tab, click the permissions button then the 'add' button, add a user you want to grant permissions to, it needs to be a user on that laptop, one with a password aswell. give it full read/write permissions and ok all that.

Then from the other computer go start > run and type \\YOURCOMPUTERNAMEHERE\YOURSHARENAME here

replace those with the appropriate computer name (or ip address) and share name, if your computer is called pc1 and the folder your sharing is called files you would do:

\\pc1\files

you will be prompted for a username / password (hopefully) type it in, click ok and you should have the windows explorer window popup showing you the shared folder.

job done.