Apologies if this question is in the wrong place. I do not think it is laptop-specific, but it is not clearly a pure Win10 nor Win7 question either.
I have two working laptops. One is Windows 7, the other Windows 10. For security reasons, I no longer connect the Windows 7 machine to the internet or any wi-fi, etc. The Windows 10 laptop connects and is used like any of the million other similar machines in this world.
I want to transfer files between the two. I may have reason to send things both ways, not just from the 7 to the 10.
It's mostly photos and videos, but other things too. It often might be a lot of small photos. But it could also be a handful of rather large videos.
My question is, what is the best way? I think in this context, best=fastest.
I know I could use USB sticks, or external hard drives. That will work of course, but it's a little cumbersome and possibly slow.
I have one of those modified ethernet cables used back in the day to go direct machine to machine. Do those still work? Any gotchas?
What else? Any other new, good, or preferred ways of doing this nowadays?
Fyi, nothing is currently backed up on the cloud, and no cloud solution is possible anyway due to my permanent disconnection of the Win7 machine from the outside world.
And to be absolutely clear, these are not wholesale moves. This could be onesie-twosie on an ongoing basis.
Thank you!!
I have two working laptops. One is Windows 7, the other Windows 10. For security reasons, I no longer connect the Windows 7 machine to the internet or any wi-fi, etc. The Windows 10 laptop connects and is used like any of the million other similar machines in this world.
I want to transfer files between the two. I may have reason to send things both ways, not just from the 7 to the 10.
It's mostly photos and videos, but other things too. It often might be a lot of small photos. But it could also be a handful of rather large videos.
My question is, what is the best way? I think in this context, best=fastest.
I know I could use USB sticks, or external hard drives. That will work of course, but it's a little cumbersome and possibly slow.
I have one of those modified ethernet cables used back in the day to go direct machine to machine. Do those still work? Any gotchas?
What else? Any other new, good, or preferred ways of doing this nowadays?
Fyi, nothing is currently backed up on the cloud, and no cloud solution is possible anyway due to my permanent disconnection of the Win7 machine from the outside world.
And to be absolutely clear, these are not wholesale moves. This could be onesie-twosie on an ongoing basis.
Thank you!!