to the router with a standard CAT5 cable or NIC to NIC with a crossover cable. Of course piggy backing the hard drive of the source machine to the hard drive of the destination machine will speed things up as well.
What's the best way to transfer all of my files from one computer to another? I have Wi-Fi but that's going to take forever. Thanks.

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