leave them where they are. You can speed up the process by cabling them both to the router(no router mentioned but assuming there is one). You should get the benefit of a 10/100 mbps transfer speed. Or you might piggy back the hard drives into one machine.
I have two questions.
1. Is it true that the further two computers are from each other the longer it will take to wirelessly transfer files? I transfered one file to a computer 5 feet away and it took something like 8 minutes. It was a couple of hours for the same file going from one side of the house upstairs to the other side of the house downstairs. Does that sound reasonable?
2. I have a new computer and I need to transfer all my files (approximately 165 MG). Would it make sense to move the two computers closer together, or should I use another method for transferring?
Thanks for your help.

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