Transfer huge amount of data

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I want to trasnsfer huge amount of data(more than 250 gb) from my cousins 2 PC's(laptop n desktop) into my laptop.Can anyone suggest me the easiest way for the same.?

1) get a Cat5 cable and connect b/w 2 Pc ,99.99% modern pc's have Ethernet port [cat 5 = ethernet cable /cable we use to connect ROuter to NIC slot on pc]
2) Give a IP address to PC 1
3) Give IP add to PC2
3)since both pc is under same workgroup(mostly "WORKGROUP"
a) Share a Drive on ur Laptop
b ) open ur friends PC>Copy the files u want > Go to my computer>Network place>Select ur PC from list> (Enter username and password )
ur shared drive will b shown >Paste it

edit

added a external guide link

*www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-ways-to-transfer-files-from-one-computer-to-another/

Thanx for the reply.

Can i transfer that data via usb port?
Is there such kind of method available.

pvish said:
Thanx for the reply.
Can i transfer that data via usb port?
Is there such kind of method available.

yes

Belkin : USB 2.0 File Transfer Cable ( i personally nvr used usb to usb data cable , so cant explain in details

best way is take out u r friend's Desktop hard disk and connect to u r PC directly.. and laptop data u have to share through network as Rajesh345 suggested. by this way u can reduce half of the time in copying data..
if u use gigabit LAN , it will be much faster..

simple way would be connect them with the Ethernet cable and install ip messenger on all three(its few kbs)...and transfer data

I had tried the USB transfer cable. Never worked. Best is to get an external HDD.

and use teracopy or richcopy, the regular windows copy is too slow and buggy to use with such large amounts of data.