Helllllllllp meeeeeeee....

[blustocking]

I have to transfer all of my stuff from my old computer to my new one.

Poop. Why can't it just magically happen?

Someone have any info on the best way to do this? What about my old mail?

p.s. Happy Birthday to zooooop!!!

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Re: big nrrd to the rescue! er, maybe ;)

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a router for the internet, i'm assuming? i dunno much about them, honestly.
if you had a crossover cable, you wouldn't even need the router, really, as long as both PCs have network cards. you can connect them directly with the crossover thru the windows networking thing (like My Network Places, or whatever). any idea where you're going to get a crossover? *has an extra* :)

um, as far as the email stuff, if you go thru your browser, i'm assuming your email is web-based, and you really won't need to do anything to transfer it, because you'll be able to access it all when you get yout new one hooked up to the net. yes? or did i miss something?
if you use something like outlook or outlook express, it's really not hard, cuz it saves all your mail in a file on your harddrive.

also, in my mad fit of insomnia, i had wondered, what are you doing with the old one? keeping it, selling it, throwing it away? because, if you wanted, you could just put the old harddrive in the new tower (not taking the new one out), if you have room. that way, if you sell the PC, you could either buy a cheap harddrive, or sell it without one. (only problem i see with this is the different operating systems. i'd have to ask someone at work to know for sure how that would work/react.)
if, after you get all your stuff off of it, and you decide you want to sell it, let me know, and i can tell you how to completely erase everything on the drive, including the operating system. :) you'd probably have to put an OS on, but some buyers might be flexible and prefer it with nohting. dunno.