Using Laptops as a Mobile Storage Medium

Many modern laptops come equipped with ample storage space to accommodate the installation of the operating system, third-party programs and applications, as well as user-created files. The average laptop user might only consumer about 100 gigabytes of a 500 gigabyte hard drive, leaving plenty of spare room to store large files. Some laptop owners might need to send large files to other users, such as sharing documents in the workplace or with other students. Ensuring a secure file transfer is one of the first considerations when you want to know how to send files.
Laptop users commonly use passwords to secure access to the operating system and this action also provides basic protection for files on the hard drive. When you are ready to transfer files to another user, you can use other features of the operating system to facilitate a secure file transfer. For example, in Microsoft Windows 7 users can activate file sharing, but only allow certain computers on a home network to access files from the laptop computer. Whether the laptop connects to the home network using an Ethernet cable or Wi-Fi connection, users can send large files in a quick fashion.
Many people find the easiest method to store large files is on a USB flash drive or external USB hard drive. This works fine for most users, but if you want a continuous link between a laptop and others computers, you might consider obtaining a USB-to-USB data cable. This cable functions very much like an Ethernet cable on home networks, even supporting high-speed data transfers. As an example, Windows 7 users can open the native Windows Easy Transfer utility that supports the transfer of large files between PCs via this USB-to-USB cable.
Now that you have learned how to send files via Ethernet and USB cable, your next concern may probably center around how to avoid running out of hard drive space on the connected computer systems. You might consider periodically checking the amount of free or available hard drive space on the other computers before starting a large file transfer from the laptop.