data transfer

[west ham fan]

Hi, I bought a new lap-top from PCWorld (Toshiba p 200) booked it in for a data transfer, they had it from Sunday lunch through to Mon 3pm, but did not carry out the work so I got my money back from them plus of course both my old computer and the new one, now does any one know how easy it is to do it my self,all I am bothered about realy are pictures of my family in Australia every thing else I can downlaod on to the ew one if and when I need too.
thanks all in advance

[plowter]

The lazy beggars.

You could buy a data cable to connect the two machines. An easier way would be to burn the data to CD/DVD or copy the data to a USB memory stick.

The hardest part is identifying what you want to keep.

[bdol4886346]

I agree with plowter, if you`re only bothered about photos, put them on a disc. Don`t know how many you can fit on one disc but I`ve had 90 on one cd.
It`s ridiculous what they charge for data transfer anyway.

[west ham fan]

Thank you for your help, we will give it ago, cheers

[ACtheTROLL]

do you intend keeping the old pc?

if not either fix the old HDD into your new machine ... or buy a USB caddy ... and use the disc that way
http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=usb+hdd+enc losure&btnG=Search&hl=en-GB&show=dd

(don't spend a lot ..�20.00 is is good enough)

[fiesata]

Quote''Don`t know how many you can fit on one disc but I`ve had 90 on one cd. ''

Bloonig eck they must be advertising poster size, even with big photos you could get 1000+ on a CD wit lower quality internet photos you coul get several thousand

A flash drive is the best bet - 2 gig for uner �15 and you can reuse