i did this about a week ago...get yourself a crossover cable ($10)and connect the two pcs via the ethernet ports...
if you don't have a more detailed response tonight i'll post again later with specifics when i get home...
Hello, I have a computer from about 97 and then a brand new one I purchased this year. I installed XP on the old one recently and all it did was install over all my old files which is not what I wanted. So now I want to format it because is beginning to run slowly. I have about 400-500 mp3's that I do not want to lose. I have a cd burner on the old pc but it can not burn in dvd format like my new pc. So I'm trying to figure out some way I can do this. (the cheapest way) Both computers have ethernet cards so I could connect them together. What cords would i need and could someone explain the process. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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