How to transfer files from my PC to an external hard disk?

How can you transfer files from an old Toshiba Satellite T2130CS to a PC if it will not recognize an ethernet card and does not have a disk drive?

• Answer:

  I use a parallel port Zip Drive... If your computer doesn't have a network card you can still move your data or files utilizing your serial port. You will need software to do this but it is very simple. There is a software bumble called PC Re locater and is available at STAPLES for about $15 this includes the software that you will need and even comes with a cat5 cable and a file transfer cable or serial cable. The software is awesome it does everything for you. You just basically tell the software what file you want to transfer over to your PC and it does the work for you. It' that simple. Take the hard drive out of the laptop and connect it to the other computer. You will need to get a converter device so you can plug the 2.5" drive into the ribbon cable designed for 3.5" drives. Or you can get USB drive en closers made to hold the smaller drives that you can simply plug into the USB port of the computer.