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Asked: 2014-11-05 23:19:47 +0800 CST

Transferring data from one pc to another pc without using USB drive

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I have a desktop and a laptop computer and both have UBUNTU 14.04. I have bought the laptop a month ago. All of my data like movies, songs etc stored in the desktop. I want to move all of these data in my laptop without using any USB drive. Is there any way to do it by connecting them together??

14.04

4 Answers

  1. Yes, it is possible to transfer data between ubuntu laptops and desktops without USB.

    1) Install SSH in both laptop and desktop.

    sudo apt-get install ssh

    2)Connect to the network by navigating through network-manager applet on the top panel and choose “connection information”

    3) Connect to the target machine and move the folder. (Folder should have read and write permission).

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  2. I assume you have Linux on both machines, with:

    • identically named accounts
    • sshd running on the laptop
    • you are logged on to the desktop
    • all the files you want are in your home directory.
    • both machines connected via network

    To transfer all the data, you can use rsync as mentioned by ApolloLV or just use a tar pipe to transfer your complete home dir:

    cd ~
tar cf - . |ssh <IP_of_laptop> 'tar xvf -'

    When you log on to your laptop the next time, you should have all the data. (I would check to make sure before you dump the old machine, though. ;-))

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  3. I suppose they're both connected to networks (wireless or wired) so just create a shared directory on target machine, map it from source machine and transfer your data.

    Cheers, Silvia

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  4. The utility you are looking for is called rsync.

    rsync is a file copying program that is able to do so over the internet, that can sync two PCs by just transferring file differences and that is able to continue aborted/failed file copying runs (if run with the correct flag). It is so useful I even use it when copying large amounts of data on one machine!

    It uses a SSH connection, so you will have to setup this type of connection on both PCs. SSH is pretty easy to use if you stick with username/password security, but be aware that misconfiguration may pose a big security risk. If you don't plan to use that feature in the future (it really comes in handy when doing remote configuration), I would suggest disabling it afterwards.

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