Comments on: An Easy Way To Transfer Large Files To Yourself

By: jim

jim — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:13:39 +0000

try http://file-post.net/. It is much functional and easy to use.

By: Manish M. Shah

Manish M. Shah — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:22:16 +0000

An option is File Apartment (http://www.fileapartment.com):

- Up to 1 GB
- Easy to use
- Free, Safe and secure
- No software to download or registration required
- Fast

By: Jerry Thomas

Jerry Thomas — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:43:06 +0000

I just tried to attach a file to an email I was composing in Gmail and it told me my file was over 20 meg and was too large so this did not work for me.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:31:40 +0000

what i’ve used is called adrive.com
it gives you 50gb of storage and i find that the folders and other such things are very user friendly.
also, unlike skydrive (or at least the last time i used it), it has an upload bar so i can actually see if it’s working…(skydrive never actually worked for me)

By: Steven Hammons

Steven Hammons — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:23:44 +0000

I have been using the draft e-mail method for file transfer with Gmail for over a year now, but I haven’t tried anything over 300 MB.

Another alternative I have been using is USB drive adapters. I use them to transfer files and folders that exceed 1 GB. Regardless, I think they should be a part of any IT technician’s tool bag.

By: Dean Pugh

Dean Pugh — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:15:34 +0000

Why don’t you just use the online storage that are available from places like SkyDrive in Windows Live, I don’t use it myself as I have a webserver, but I know of a few that are free and allow you to store around 5GB of data.

Works the same as your email suggestion, but this is designed for what you are after.

Probably people who use this service could give you more information on it than I can, but I am sure I have read an article or a recommendation on this site about these sorts of services.

By: Peter Srinivasan

Peter Srinivasan — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:52:40 +0000

@LuisR Yeah that’s what I do. But, again, FTP issues? i.e. if you’re on a system who’s admin disabled ftp (college campus :< ) So, Box.net or similar is useful as well. I usually use a combo of my domains ftp, box.net, and gmail drafting.

By: Jon M.

Jon M. — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:01:17 +0000

I have been using a website called filemail.com. It let’s you send up to 2gb of data for free!!! If you need to send more than 2gb at a time, there is a small monthly fee. But for most people the 2gb limit will do.

By: LuisR

LuisR — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:01:12 +0000

If the machines were local to each other there are better ways such as the local network if there is one or some form of storage media such as USB flash drives which are dirt cheap lately.

This is most useful for computers far apart from each other.

Another way of doing something like this is if you have a web site with large amounts of server space. You could upload very large files to your own web space and then download from any other place.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:47:47 +0000

I haven’t found the limit on Goggle docs. But it was designed for doing exactly what you are talking about. I upload to my Goggle docs and then can even share with others in/out of the organization.

If someone knows the size limitations please post.