Q&A for How to Transfer Files Between Laptops

Use the built-in networking features between Windows and Mac OS. Enabling those allows you to share files directly—you just create a shared folder and grant access to the other machine, so it can pull files across.

Try using a cloud service, like Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, or Dropbox. In fact, Microsoft OneDrive syncs directly with your Office 365 subscription, which is handy.

It is a data cable similar to a USB. It is a fast, data-transmitting cable designed by Apple; however, it's outdated.

It's a cable that looks very much like a standard ethernet/network cable, but it is wired "cross-over" on the inside. This allows two master devices (e.g. PC-PC) to communicate, which means that you can build a tiny local network when you use such a cable.

Display Port is a widely used standard cable, akin to HDMI, that can be used for video streaming to peripherals like monitors and TVs.

You will probably not be able to Transfer data from a PC to a PC because electronic data transmitting devices use a "MASTER-SLAVE" System, whereas a hard-drive is a slave and the PC is a master device, if you want to Transfer data using a data cable, you'll need to connect a master device (your VISTA PC) to a Slave device (External Hard drive) because you cannot connect a Master (Vista PC) to a Master device (Windows 10 Lenovo)

Not unless you rename them.

You could use a use a USB, but this may cause damage to the ports and computers. When transferring regular files, save it onto a flash drive, put that into a computer and saving that onto the other computer.

Most laptops have an HDMI, DVI, or some other video port. The easiest solution so far is buying a monitor and plugging it in one of above mentioned ports. You can then use your screen and freely transfer the files! You can also hook up an external keyboard and mouse and continue to use the laptop with the broken screen as a desktop computer.

To transfer that big of a file in a short amount of time, you should get yourself a high-transfer speed USB, or get yourself an SSD.

Yes, you're able to transfer files between the client machine receiving the files, and the host machine delivering the files to the client computer.

It would perhaps be better for you to transfer your files from one computer to the next by using a USB memory stick rather than a type-C cable.

Instead, try using a USB memory stick rather than a USB 2.0 cable. They come in GB's and are quite cheap.

There are two ways to do the job. You can use a USB memory stick with the capacity of 32 GB and transfer your files in the folders too to the memory stick. That can be your backup too, since your files on your computer are the master files. And the other way is to burn a CD known as a "Data Disc," to make a transfer. By then you will have another backup copy that will be on a disc.

Try running your laptop in "safe mode." You should have made a backup copy of your personal files since the master is now damaged. Since the laptop is broken, seek repairs for it, if those files are really important to you. The labor is costly to fix your laptop and not the parts. Get an estimate from the repairer and look at other new laptops and compare the two prices.

It is not a cable, like tethering. What you use is a USB memory stick of 32 GB type to transfer your files from one laptop to another and that memory stick is a back-up in case anything happens to the master files in the hard drive.

WiFi is a receiver, not a transmitter like a radio station. You can only download apps/updates through a WiFi connection which is faster than USB, etc. You just can't transmit from it.

As long as both computers have the same port type as the cable, and any necessary drivers are available for both operating systems.

Technically, nothing stops you from transferring programs, but most programs will not run without the proper registry settings being present, and they're difficult to find if you weren't actively tracking them. Smaller programs, or programs designed to be "portable", will work.