Questions within this tag should be about problems that occur while transferring files from one storage to another local or remote storage. At least one of both storage should involve a computer, so this tag could also be interpreted as problems occurring while transferring between computer data ...
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Transfer files from infected computer
I have a computer (Windows XP 32 bit) which is infected with viruses. I have tried pretty much everything (AVG, Malwarebytes, Cclean,...) but the viruses seem to stay. Is there a safe way to transfer ...
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How to better copy&paste big files over RDP?
Recently I was making a few attempts to copy&paste a big (1.2 GB) file to remote computer over RDP. The remote computer is virtual testing machine with MS Windows Server 2008 Datacenter.
First ...
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Split a file on Windows and join back together on UNIX?
I have a process that involves transferring files from the Windows LAN to an AIX UNIX server using FTP through a VPN connection.
The problem is that some of the files are very large -- up to 4gb. The ...
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How to safely move all my Picasa folders to another drive
My c:\camera directory contains about 150Gb of photos and videos, with many years worth of Picasa edits. Generally I haven't used the "save edited photos to disk" function, so what's on disk is ...
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Is there anything simpler than FTP for sending files between Linux machines?
I need to transfer files from one CentOS server to another. I'll transfer 5MB files about every 10 minutes. I do not need encryption.
What is an easy way for a fast transfer of those files? Is there ...
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Configuring filezilla to run ftp over a home network
Background
I want to be able to ftp from one of my computers to a directory on the others.
My PC is running xampp and has ample space whereas my netbook doesn't. I can already access the xampp ...
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Easy-to-use program for directly transfering big files to an IP-address
I saw this xkcd comic and was horrified that he is actually right:
xkcd comic
So, is there an EASY program to share files directly over IP? In the spirit of:
open it
it displays your current IP
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Which website will let me upload mp3s to play back through a web browser? [migrated]
Is there a free/ad-supported website that allows me to stream my own uploaded mp3 music files to play directly in the web browser, make playlists, etc. Copyright should not be a problem, because I ...
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Does skype transfers files over LAN without consuming my internet bandwidth?
I was trying to know if I send a file through skype to friend who is in same LAN as me then whether it will get transferred via LAN or it will consume some my internet bandwidth also.
I have searched ...
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Why do file copy operations in Linux get slower over time?
I have 12 ~200 MB files. Copying one of them to another drive takes 20 seconds. When I try to copy all of them at once, it first says it's going to take 5 minutes, then it keeps slowing down into the ...
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Access and modify system folders via LogMeIn Pro
If I needed to modify one of the system files of one of our computers while the user was on it, does anyone know how to do it via the file transfer method without getting the permission denied? Using ...
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how to use scp command?
Is there any way of remembering how to use scp command?
I tend to forget how to use it. Folder/file argument - order of arguments etc.
Are there any tricks for remembering this, so that every-time i ...
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Rename and transfer files over network with a batch file
I have a folder C:\Data which contains continuously generated .csv files named after the date in format YYYYMMDD.csv, e.g. 20120510.csv.
I want to rename and transfer all files except the one for the ...
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Is there a way to resume an interrupted scp of a file?
I'm occasionally downloading a very large file via scp and there's a small chance each time of the connection dropping and cutting the transfer mid-way.
Is there a way to resume it?
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Transmit hide .pyc files from view … not delete … - OSX
Is there a way to tell Transmit to hide any .pyc files or any type of file for that matter from view?
I know of the Skip feature and thought this might be it but apparently this only skips ...
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Stopping Windows from consuming my bandwidth while copying files over lan
When I copy a file over my network using windows (in this case 7), it seems to use all available bandwidth which means that I can't do anything else on the network while the transfer is in progress. ...
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Copy a 5+ GB file between two virtual Windows computers which are on separate VPNs
My question is a lot like this one except that the linked question is for Linux (NETCAT, SSH, etc) and I'm trying to do this via Windows.
I am on my home computer. I have two simultaneous VPN ...
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How to transfer a file over pen and paper, with error correction
I'm looking for a way to transfer a file using only a pen and paper.
This is somewhat similar to paperbak, except the density I'm looking for is much, much lower, and I don't want to use a printer or ...
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Move files from laptop without usable screen?
A friend of mine has an older macbook that has a broken screen, and they've since bought a new macbook. I think I've read somewhere (but I could be wrong, I read A LOT of things online) that there is ...
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Backup system for a slow network
I'm trying to come up with some backup system which would allow me to transfer the minimal amount of data every time a new backup is made.
Currently, I'm doing an incremental backup via duplicity ...
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Windows XP doesn't recognize iPhone, can't transfer videos
I'm struggling to transfer my videos from my iPhone 4s to my PC.
The PC runs on Windows XP and many tutorial videos just say "Plug it in, when it shows on My Computer, open it and you're done".
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Copying a large number of small text files between two servers over WAN
We have a few thousand small files (2-20KB) to copy between servers in one folder for backup purposes. Currently the process is automated as a cron job and does of SCP copy of each file to the remote ...
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Are file copy utilities really useful?
I need to copy about 2 terabytes of media files from one hard disk to another (both external, USB 2). While doing a test run, I noticed the speed was between 20 to 22 MB per second (without using any ...
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Slow network file transfer (under 20KB/s) on newly built x64 Win7
I am getting <20KB/s for local network file transfer.
If I transfer a very small file (less than 100KB) it would start quickly then slow down to <20KB/s. all subsequently network file transfer ...
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Not able to transfer large files from DVD to windows 7 desktop
So I have a lot of large files (some .rar and some .iso) mostly over 7 GB on those dual layer 8.7 GB disks. Yesterday I wanted to copy those files from the DVD to a 1TB NTFS format hard disk. But it ...
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Folder/File permission transfer between alike file structure
So my company has recently upgraded to a new SAN but the person who copied all the data over must have done a drag n' drop or basic copy to move everything. Apparently Xcopy is not something he cared ...
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Connect Samsung Galaxy S2 with laptop. thru WIFI Direct
How can I send a picture from the phone to the laptop.
Bluetooth is the easiest way, but not so fast.
I want to use WIFI direct, but I cant find the laptop when i'm searching.
What do I need to do ...
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Reliable file transfer
I have a big gzipped file which is 2.5G in size, I tried scp it from the remote server, after the transfer has finished, I md5sum checked it, it failed. The transfer was completed and the file size(in ...
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A secure transfer method for large XML file
I have to put in place a transfer system to receive XML file of more that 1 Go.
This system have to be very secure.
I was about to take SFTP but it's not IIS compatible and some of the senders will ...
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How can I sync files from home with files at school?
This is actually for my mom. She only uses like 10 files, mostly Word and Excel, but has to constantly edit them at home and then email to school to use. Then, use at school, and email the modified ...
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Prevent Overloading of Router on Large File Transfer
Okay, so I had some router issues when trying to move a lot of stuff to my new FreeNAS server a few days ago. I'd like to find a way to prevent overloading my router in the future. Here's what I have:
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transfer windows + data from laptop to desktop
I have an old laptop where all my applications (windows, office, itunes, and other apps) and all my data (music, home made video, pictures, documents).
i want to transfer this laptop windows and data ...
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How to track the USB storage devices connected to my Windows Server 2008R2 machine
We would like to monitor the unauthorized file copy from our local server to USB storage devices. We are not sure where windows logs all the USB storage devices connections.
Please tell me, Is there ...
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Need a “virtual FedEx” — some way to transfer massive files cross-country [closed]
My company has offices in NY and LA, and we spend a lot of money FedExing hard drives back and forth.
Is there some service that would allow us to save money by uploading the files at either end over ...
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Large file copy timeout
I have a few videos up to 4 GB in size on an SD card. I am able to watch them and I think this proves they are intact.
But whenever I try to copy file larger than perhaps 1.5 GB, the operations dies ...
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500 Mbit/s powerline network, only 3.5 Mbyte/s transfer speed?
I have a TP-Link 500 Mbit/s Gigabit Powerline Adapter linking two computers (one Windows Vista and one Windows 7) in different rooms in the house. As in:
Computer <-Ethernet ...
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Linux VNC veiwer with uVNC compatible file transfer capability
I have several Windows computers that I manage with uVNC.
uVNC has a built-in file-transfer facility which works great if both the server and the client are uVNC.
I currently use Vinagre from my ...
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Which is faster/easier, SFTP or FTP + VPN? [closed]
I'm involved in a data warehousing project for which our clients need to be able to upload large files to our server. Our main concern is speed, since we're expecting to get several TB worth of data ...
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DOS application to allow remote management of files over serial link
Harken back to the days of DOS.
I have an embedded DOS handheld device, and I'm looking for a tool to manage the files stored on it. I picture an application I can launch on the device that opens ...
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Fastest way to share files between two Windows PC (through WAN)
What I used back then is Cygwin with SSH installed. And then I connected with FileZilla or WinSCP.
However, this could not copy some of the files, and it is a bit of a hassle to set it up. (And ...
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RDP File transfer is really slow. Any way to speed it up?
The host is running Windows XP Prof SP3 and the client is running Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64.
So ... I connect to the remote machine with a 15mbps of ADSL. Which ... I guess, got enough downstream. ...
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How do I transfer a file over ssh from one machine to another?
My professor wants us to email him source files, but he wants us to edit over ssh using vi. How do I transfer a file over ssh from one machine to another?
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When is it safe to assume file uploads are successful?
When I upload files to a server through HTTP or FTP, I normally download them again just to check that they were successfully uploaded (I use md5 checksums to check that).
Is this necessary? Can I be ...
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how do i transfer files from my pc to a unix account in school?
I believe Window SCP can do it, but I want to know if there is a command which I can use to transfer a file from my laptop to my unix account in school.
I will be using putty.
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strange behaviour with last edit (date) on files, after a copy on different place
Time ago I've copied some file from laptop to a micro sd hc (32gb, kingston).
Than, later, I copied the same file to external HD, and copied them on my new Desktop PC.
Both system have Windows 7 ...
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Deploy / sync files with automatic archive of files to replace
Is there a Windows application that can deploy files from one location to another, but also move away the files that are to be replaced at the destination, into an archive location?
Example scenario: ...
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USB transfer speed “logarithmically” decreases. Why and can it be improved?
I have an external hard drive. Just today I tried to copy a bigger file (it was film of ~230 MB) and at first it rushed up until ~70%. There is started decreasing.
At first it started at around 56 ...
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Downloading Images From a Colorspace UDMA to Lightroom Running Under Mac OSX Lion
Any advice on how to download images from this device (Hyperdrive Colorspace UDMA) to Lightroom in Mac appreciated. The images are present in the Colorspace device, but looks like the Mac is not ...
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How to setup anonymous FTP for file upload
I want to have a FTP server setup that allows clients to upload large files (2GB+ database dumps) by SFTP. The important point is that I want clients to log into the server with a single username and ...
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What's an easy (drag-and-drop), cross-platform way to transfer files on a LAN?
I need to transfer some files and folders from a Windows PC to a Mac (they are on the same LAN), with the following constraints:
I don't want to use a shared folder as the files can be located ...
