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OT but very useful...
http://www.thetornado.com/backup_files.asp
I was rummaging through Staples store last night looking for a cable when I stumbled upon this gadget they are dumping for $20, so I bought one. This is a really neat device that VERY rapidly will copy files between two Windows PCs by simply plugging the self-retracting cords between their USB ports. Inside the device, a little computer tells the PCs to run a file manager program built right into the device. Once it boots, all you do is drag and drop files or whole directories of files or groups of files from one computer's file list to the other on the Tornado file manager....it's that easy! A 700MB DivX movie takes about half a minute to copy if you have USB 2.0 ports on both machine. That's REALLY quite fast. The other nice thing is you don't have to set the PCs for file sharing exposing the files to any other machines. This is local-only control separate from any network. It's the perfect way to load up your laptop with music/movies/stuff from your home computer to carry to the boat. Because the software doesn't install into Windows, it leaves no residue files on any PC it's used on. The software only runs when the device is plugged in. So, you can take your laptop and the Tornado to someone else's computer and swap files with them without trashing their system in the least bit. Need to swap files with the computer at the office...just plug it in to your laptop and the office computer. Because the computers are separated by the Tornado's computer in the device, there's no automatic movement of virus/trojan bad guys between them. Only files YOU choose in either computer's Tornado file manager are copied. Windows has no automatic control of moving files through the Tornado...no funny business. Check your Staples store to see if they're dumping it....$20 is cheap! |