hmmm, your getting a lot of the normal's, there are a couple more depending on stores around you, your budget and other such things.
an awkward but useful method is to use data DVD's, more room than a CD and although permanent, you will then have a permanent copy of all your present data. another one is, and only if you have firewire on at least one of them (we could hope for both) you can get a (specialty) patch cord for firewire and a firewire adaptor for any computer that doesn't have it, that can be used for a fast computer to computer transfer. if you do not have a network (about the fastest method, although the external drive also gives you a backup drive with files on it to facilitate the transfer) you can also get specialty patch cables to do a Ethernet cable network port to network port transfer by using the patch cable to plug the two computers together and just transferring things across. the firewire and networking port cables are not often used by us out here because usually this would be done once or twice in a persons lifetime and this is all that these cables are good for. you could also setup with carbonite if your old comp is still marginally functional, and backup to it, then reload your new computer from there, giving you another way to backup (I use three backups around here to protect against simultaneous computer and backup failure, and believe me, it can, and has happened to me!) which is a good thing, unless you really want to take a chance on loosing all that, it sounds like you would not like it, so... anyway, hope this helps you decide, inthaneelf -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of leonard morris Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 12:09 PM To: jaws Subject: [JAWS-Users] transfering files, documents, folders and programs I would suppose the subject line pretty much says it all. First the bad news, I have not been able to resolve my sluggish old HP laptop issues. The good news is I purchased my friends brand new barely used Gateway laptop. I want to consider the most efficient means for transfering files, documents, folders and programs to the new laptop? For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
