This will seem like a really DUMB question to all the experts..............but I have just bought a Toshiba Qosmio laptop and want to tranfer all 'my docs' across from my PC. Can I connect directly in any way (via USB?) and just copy across, or do I have to put everything onto a flash drive and do that for hours? :-?If it has a CD burner you can copy that way. You could also establish a simple network and transfer without wires or any other devices. What other machine do you have to use? You could use a friend that has a router and a machine and temporarily use his network for this task.

It could all be done in a few minutes. I do have a friend with a router and laptop, but I don't think she's able to set it all up, any more than I can. But I will have a go. I will be getting a router soon as well. I have a CD burner, but I also have a 512mb flash drive, so I suppose using that is the other way to go. I was hoping I might be able to just run an UMBILICAL from one to the other with no middle man. Not my area of expertise. Thanks very much for your advice.They do make USB cables to create a Peer-to-Peer network via USB. I have done this before, it is a hoakey setup like creating a Peer-to-Peer through your Serial or LPT Parallel PORT. But if networking is new territory to you, I would suggest copying data to a USB pen drive to be copied to the other system or Burn the data to a CD or DVD ..... BTW: Be sure the previous system is clean of any virus's etc, before doing this to avoid spreading problems... Good Luck

Also...Filevan has a USB solution with support for around $20 at http://www.filevan.com/usb.html

DaveI went into Filevan and had a look, and that is what I was looking for. But I am in AUSTRALIA and may not be able to source one quickly, so memory stick is probably it. It may make me clean out my huge graphics files somewhat. This is a great resource, thanks so much.