easy file transfer

rlw1 · rlw1's Computer Specs

Bought a new computer with windows 7 and am using easy file transfer over a wireless network. It has been 13 hours and counting to transfer 5.2GB of info (and still says 3 hours and 20 minutes to go). Why is this so slow? Would I have been better off transferring files to an external drive and then to the new computer?

Fire cat · Fire cat's Computer Specs

Transfers over wireless are NEVER fast. You'll probably get something like 30kb/s...
So it's normal it's so slow.

IonDarkWatch · IonDarkWatch's Computer Specs

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Originally Posted by rlw1

Bought a new computer with windows 7 and am using easy file transfer over a wireless network. It has been 13 hours and counting to transfer 5.2GB of info (and still says 3 hours and 20 minutes to go). Why is this so slow? Would I have been better off transferring files to an external drive and then to the new computer?

Make sure you enable file transfer with 40 and 56 bit encryption. Can make quite a difference.

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