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cat5 is rated for 100mbps (12 MB/s)
cat5e is rated for 1gbps (~125 MB/s)
cat6 and cat6a can do 10gbps (~1250 MB/s) but you also need network cards capable of that.
 
both your computer and the other computer must have gigabit network cards in order to achieve up to 1 gbps transfer between them.
 
If both computers have 1gbps cards, then a regular ethernet cable could be used to link the computers together without using a network switch. Cards should be smart enough to detect a direct connection is attempted and automatically arrange the data pairs to create the link.
 
Otherwise, you can use a network switch with 2 1 gbps ports as a in-between device, which just passes along the data packets between computers.
 
You just have to set same subnet mask on both computers (for example 255.255.255.0) and different IP addresses on each computer, for example 192.168.0.1 on first computer and 192.168.0.2 on 2nd)
 
If you have a router, then the router would most likely automatically give each computer unique IPs and things would just work.
 
Maximum speed of a hard drive will depend on how densely packed the data is on the drive. There are some 3-4 TB drives which pack all this information in just two or three platters, therefore within 5400 rotations of the disc, they can actually read up to 150-200 MB from the drive, maybe even more.
The peak right now, as far as I know, is around 280-300 MB/s for high capacity drives.
Point is, even with a 5400 rpm drive, you can read files from it much faster than what the network cards can transfer.
 
How you transfer files can also affect the transfer speed. Transferring lots of small files, one file at a time (like through regular file copy in windows explorer and using network shares) will be slow.
Ideally, you'd set up a FTP server on one computer and use a FTP client on the other computer and that will allow you to transfer multiple files at the same time, saturating the network link.
Setting up Filezilla FTP server in Windows is super easy (and there's tutorials on Youtube) , and Filezilla FTP client is also super easy.
 
 

If you're gonna use Filezilla FTP Client make sure you go in settings and set all file transfers to BINARY ... should be set by default to BINARY instead of AUTO but the developer is stubborn and doesn't want to fix that.
With that setting on auto in rare cases, some files file can be transferred incorrectly
 
Settings > Transfers > Maximum simultaneous transfers: 10  , Limit for concurrent downloads : 0 (no limit)
 
Settings > Transfers > File Types > Default Transfer Type : Binary
Settings > Transfers > File  exists action > Default file exists action  > Downloads : Resume file transfer
 
That's pretty much it. 
 
Doesn't matter which computer has the ftp server installed, the other computer either downloads from that computer, or uploads the files to the computer, same result (files get transferred)

If you set transfer to binary as i said, all files will be transferred 100% correct, no worries.

Well yesterday my neighbour asked me to have a look at his laptop because it just wouldnt turn on , I was on my way out at the time so I said leave it with me and Ill sort it for you , he wasnt keen on the idea but did leave it .
As soon as I got back home he rushed out to see if I was going to do it and I told him yes later but he seemed so low I said Id have a look right away so I plugged it in and nothing so next option I checked the fuse and plugged it back in again and it fired up , he snatched it up so fast he broke the screen so I asked "wtf did you do that for" and he broke down told me he was gay and that his wife didnt know and was worried Id find out when the screen came up and Id tell her !!!!
Im having a bloody strange day !

Not sure if I cant post this or not but I worked in a pc repair shop for my work experience and I came across child porn. Called police, got arrested and thrown in prison to rot for 14 years  

Crusty Crabs

Crusty Crabs

he's buying them from Serbia, so your partslist would be overbudget there.