Questions tagged [data-transfer]

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Why is serial data transmission faster than parallel?

Intuitively, you would think that parallel data transmission should be faster than serial data transmission; in parallel you are transferring many bits at the same time, whereas in serial you are doing one bit at a time. So what makes SATA…
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Transferring a large amount of data between continents

Possible Duplicate: Free way to share large files over the Internet? What are some options for transfering large files without using the Internet? My wife's lab is doing a project here in the US with collaborators in Singapore. They occasionally…
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What's the fastest interface connection between a laptop and desktop pc, for data transfer?

I was wondering what's the fastest interface connection between a laptop and desktop pc for data transfer? considering the bandwidth data transfer rate. SATA: i mean take the either laptop HDD (Hard disk drive) out n connect it to PC SATA port, or…
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Can anybody explain to me how to copy specific file types from A to B to include their folder structure?

I know that this has been asked and answered before, but I am home sick and my brain just cannot understand anything very well right now. My OS is Windows, and I am looking to copy only the Exchange data from some specific folders (they are all…
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My storage chips work fine for a while then they say the memory is full and cannot be used or reformatted

I am having a problem with the storage chips we're using. They work fine for a while and then they just say the memory is full even though I've deleted every file every time I upload them to my computer. We've been using 16GB chips for the wild life…
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How can I calculate how much time it will take to transfer 10 TB at different speeds?

How long will it take to transfer 10TB of data at 60Mbps, 80Mbps, 1000Mbps ?
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How to extract documents with a certain name from a folder in a systematic way

I have a very large folder on my Computer containing, among other things, certain pdf files with similar names (B....). Is there a way that I could systematically extract these pdf's and put them in a new seperate folder?