[SOLVED] fast data transfer between systems

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i'm building a new gaming rig but after using my old laptop for a couple years it's drive got pretty filled up, i'd like to transfer that data over to my new pc but my new pc won't have bluetooth, so i can't just make it run for a couple hours while it is transferring my data (~1 TB).
Is there any quick solution?
if it is fully automatic i don't care if it takes long, but using my free google drive account to transfer it 15 gb at a time with my 100 megabit/s internet connection to transfer a terrabyte of data isn't how i like to spend my freetime
 
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Solandri

The most common cause I've seen is that the computers are in different workgroups. Make sure they are set to the same workgroup.

If you're running different versions of Windows, they can take a while to see each other (Microsoft tightened up the file sharing protocol with Win 8/10, so I've seen a lot of problems with Win 7 systems trying to access Win 10 and vice versa). You might have better luck accessing the computer by using its IP address instead of its Windows name. So

\\192.168.0.whatver\shared folder

intsead of

\\old laptop\shared folder

You can confirm which folders are being shared via
This PC => right click => Manage => Shared...
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Just share the files on the laptop drive over your network. Access it from your net computer and copy the files over your LAN/WiFi. No need to involve the Internet.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/how-to-share-drives-windows-pc,36936.html

But no matter how you do it, it's going to take at least several hours. Hard drives and SSDs cannot read 1TB of mixed file size data faster. HDDs will be slower than Gigabit Ethernet, SSDs a bit faster.
 
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Either LAN and shared folders, or take the drive out and connect via USB, or connect it internally in the desktop.

The sooner you start, the sooner it will be done.

And there is no "fully automatic". You're going to have to pick and choose what you move to the desktop. You can't transfer "everything".
 
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And there is no "fully automatic". You're going to have to pick and choose what you move to the desktop. You can't transfer "everything".
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yeah that's obvious, but what i mean is just drag/copy a folder and let it go, not like using an online drive (like dropbox or google drive) cuz with my free account uploading 15 gigs, then downloading it again is just gonna take to long.
 
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Just share the files on the laptop drive over your network. Access it from your net computer and copy the files over your LAN/WiFi. No need to involve the Internet.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/how-to-share-drives-w...

But no matter how you do it, it's going to take at least several hours. Hard drives and SSDs cannot read 1TB of mixed file size data faster. HDDs will be slower than Gigabit Ethernet, SSDs a bit faster.
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my drive isn't showing up at the other computer? any idea what the problem could be?
 
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The most common cause I've seen is that the computers are in different workgroups. Make sure they are set to the same workgroup.

If you're running different versions of Windows, they can take a while to see each other (Microsoft tightened up the file sharing protocol with Win 8/10, so I've seen a lot of problems with Win 7 systems trying to access Win 10 and vice versa). You might have better luck accessing the computer by using its IP address instead of its Windows name. So

\\192.168.0.whatver\shared folder

intsead of

\\old laptop\shared folder

You can confirm which folders are being shared via
This PC => right click => Manage => Shared Folders
 
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