I also tried to transfer A.C. into a laptop using a transfer cable. It is not as easy to do as with the FreeAgentGo portable drive. I managed to get it going, but after one hour and a half the transfer was not finished and I had to quit. I had no idea it could take that long. Guessing the FreeAgentGo has two USB connectors so it is faster. I will try to transfer directly to the laptop again when I have more
Duke, I read your post, and I am wondering why it took you so long as well. The transfer to your Seagate, if done by a USB 2.0 cable would be rather fast at 480MBs. It would be helpful if you could tell us what type of cable you used between your "server" and your laptop. Generally, you would require a crossover cable and you cannot use a noraml Ethernet Cat5e patch cable. If you do not have this, you would need a hub or switch but preferably a switch. Your speed will also be determined by your Adapters as they will run at the lowest Mbs rate, i.e. 10Mbs vs 100Mbs. If you already have the data on the Seagate, why not trasnfer it to your laptop via the same USB 2.0 cable? Or, use the vaunted thumb drive.
RDP is a rather simple way to connect remotely, but it can be a little tricky to set up. You would need a static IP (generally), and if you are using a firewall, you will need to set up certain ports. You would probably be better off using the free versionn of LogMeIn.
@Brian This comment, as all on here, is in black and white, so please don't take it as a criticism. In general, I would pretty much do what Microsoft recommends when they recommend it. The download there would have been the non-SDK one and x86. .NET Framwork is a programmer's best friend. Microsoft created .NET to help with 3rd party programs. It is basically a large selection of code, which allows programmers to use the code that Microsoft has already written rather than having to write the code themselves. So, any program which is written to take advantage of .NET, will not install if the version it needs is not available. Microsoft continues to update its .NET versions, and I believe they are at 3.5 now. However, some programs still require previous versions.
If you do Microsoft Updates either manually or automatically, Microsoft will usually detect if you do not have the latest .NET and will encourage you to download it. I would recommend that you do. If you get a chance, update your computer to the latest .NET framework, and SyncToy will be a snap to install. You may not need it, but it would be fun to get your take on it.
