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How can I quickly copy large files off of a laptop when booted off a LiveCD?

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Yesterday I received a laptop that would not boot and i needed to get the pictures and documents off of it. I booted into Ubuntu with a Live CD (installing is out of the question) and zipped up all of his files. It wrapped up to about 5.3 GB.

I decided i should burn 2 DVD's for him but since I was running off a Live CD, i could not. Also his USB Ports and Ethernet port are busted. So I tried to change the hard drive to a shared folder but it would not change the permissions. None of the fixes have worked, since I'm on a Live CD. I just need to transfer my zip from one computer to another. Cloud storage won't work either.

Help me!!

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answered 2 Years ago etzelmortg · Accepted Answer

You can set up a Windows machine as an FTP server to transfer files to:

Download FileZilla Server on the Windows machine and install it. Leave all settings default. Then, go to the Filezilla administration interface:

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and enter the Users dialog. Add a user, remembering the username and password, and give it a directory on the Shared Folders tab. Give the user read, write, delete,append access to files, and allow this user to create subdirectories and list them. You now have a user set up. Close the dialog.

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You can now try to access the FTP server(on your local network, with the IP address of the server machine and port 21. Do this using Nautilus. When you copy files there, they will end up on the Windows machine, in that user's folder.