I have an OLD desktop with XP Home (SP3) that I'd like to backup my personal stuff (data and email) and restore-selectively-to my HP LAPTOP with Win 7 Home Premium. Both have DVD burners. The desktop has an 80 GB drive with another 80 GB drive setup to backup most data but I'd like to use a backup system to put this onto DVDs, then restore to laptop drive. I have all my computers on my home network and could possibly do it via network. I'd probably turn off the cable modem, leave the router on and disable McAfee to speed up the data transfer after UPDATING and scanning both the source and destination drives. No need to have anti-virus running after that checkup. I also have a question about using this laptop with a Sony analog Hi8 camcorder, but will probably post in the proper section.
Thanks for any and all replys.The 'My Documents' folder has all your documents, music, photos and VIDEOS.  Unless you use some other scheme for storing personal data.

E-MAIL is another issue. You will need to find a method of copying from Outlook Express, if that is what you were using.
You can Google on:
Copy Outlook Express to Windows Live Mail