Transfering from one computer to another.

[doddsredoubt]

Could someone on answerbank give me an answer to my neighbours qustion.

How to transfer items on desktop Windows Me to Laptop Windows Vista.

Thankyou for any help given.

[ACtheTROLL]

it depends how much ... but
two options.

copy the files to something ... and copy from the something to other machine.
CD is a good option if there isn't too much.
USB memory stick or HDD
a> requires a USB port on the ME machine!!!
b> also requires ME drivers for the device
(might not be available ... check first)

you could network the two machines if the ME machine has a port.
share the ME ... access with XP ... quite easy

finally ... you could take the HDD out of the ME ... fit into XP ... easiest of all

you can see there isn't a definitive answer ... the ME is the sticking point (but not insurmountable)

[vehelpfulguy]

Well there are a number of ways to do this depending on the features on both computers:

1) If the Windows ME PC has a writable CD or DVD drive they could copy all the data to CD or DVD, then take it to the Vista laptop and copy all the data off the disk onto the laptop.

2) If the Windows ME PC has a USB port they could buy a USB memory stick, copy all the data onto the memory stick, then take the memory stick to the Vista laptop and copy it onto the laptop disk.

3) This may be too technical for them, but there are ways of connecting two computers together with a network (ethernet) cable and copy the files from ME to Vista like that.

4) This may also be too technical, but if they have broadband and a router they could connect both computers to the router and then "share" disks between them and copy data from the ME computer to the Vista laptop.

5) Some websites allow you upload data and store it there. They could upload the ME data to the website, then logon to the website with Vista and download it from the website (never done this but I guess it could be done).

They are the main ones I can think of at the moment.

[doddsredoubt]

Thankyou ACtheTROLL & vehelpfulguy,I do not no a lot about this like the two of you do,but the second seems a little bit more easier????????????????

Thankyou to the both of you very much appreciated.