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Ask HN: Best way to transfer 2TB of data between 2 Win 11 PCs with USB C?
- PaulHoule 3y agoI have one of these https://www.amazon.com/USB-C-USB-Windows-Transfer-Cable/dp/B07S31ZR42 https://www.amazon.com/USB-C-USB-Windows-Transfer-Cable/dp/B... which is insanely fast (much more than SFTP over Ethernet) but I haven't seen one with USB-C plugs.
- 999900000999 3y agoI have standard USB ports too, but I was wondering if this was something built into Windows if you have USB C
- PaulHoule 3y agoThis Quora says you can https://www.quora.com/Can-you-transfer-files-from-one-laptop-to-another-using-type-C https://www.quora.com/Can-you-transfer-files-from-one-laptop... but I don't know if I believe it. I remember back in the day you could boot a Mac into a SCSI target mode and access the hard drive with Firewire, I dunno if you can do it today with Thunderbolt.
- eimrine 3y agoHow about connecting 2 computers with 1Gbps Ethernet and using upto 125MBps? Or if you really need USB3 for achieving the maximum speed possible - I would like to find an external 2GB disk with USB3 wiring. If at least one of your PCs is a proper computer (not laptop/mini-PC with almost all of PCI interfaces just stubbed) having at least 1 free SATA slot then just take the disk from one PC and connect it to another.
- 999900000999 3y agoIt's between two laptops. Would just connecting them via Ethernet work, or would I need to hook them into my router.