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george   07-13-2004 at 07:43:16 PM

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Will the Wizard work with a USB cable between the old and new
machines, instead of a Serial cable. The new machine (notebook)
does not have a Serial port.

Thanks,
George

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Anonymous   07-13-2004 at 09:12:04 PM
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>-----Original Message-----
>Will the Wizard work with a USB cable between the old
and new
>machines, instead of a Serial cable. The new machine
(notebook)
>does not have a Serial port.
>
>Thanks,
>George
>
>.
Yes it will. You just need to find the rght sort of cable
(USB Datalink or Laplink or Data Transfer cable).

Also bear in mind that if both PCs have network ports,
the easiest and cheapest option is to buy a "Cat 5e
Crossover Cable" - plug this in and you've got a network.

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Anonymous   07-14-2004 at 01:14:02 AM
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Dont know about that,but the best way to use file-transfer,is to
create a folder on old machine,run data to it,then transfer to a cd.
This way takes less time and creates a back-up of all youre files and
settings,if hardware or xp fails,you then reinstall xp but all youre data
is saved to cd.

"George" wrote:

> Will the Wizard work with a USB cable between the old and new
> machines, instead of a Serial cable. The new machine (notebook)
> does not have a Serial port.
>
> Thanks,
> George
>
>

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DantheMan   07-14-2004 at 10:06:03 AM
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Hi George

You can't use a USB cable with this wizard. Try Andrews suggestion or if you do not have CDRW capability then consider a USB network kit.

Regards
Dan

"George" wrote:

> Will the Wizard work with a USB cable between the old and new
> machines, instead of a Serial cable. The new machine (notebook)
> does not have a Serial port.
>
> Thanks,
> George
>
>

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george   07-14-2004 at 01:49:51 PM
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Thanks, all, for the responses.

Since I don't have CDRW capability on the old machine, I'm buying
a USB Transfer Cable ("SmartLink" made by IOGear).

Regards,
George


"Dantheman" <Dantheman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BA44CB65-E2B6-4F41-AEEE-701DA395617C@microsoft.com...
> Hi George
>
> You can't use a USB cable with this wizard. Try Andrews
suggestion or if you do not have CDRW capability then consider a
USB network kit.
>
> Regards
> Dan
>
> "George" wrote:
>
> > Will the Wizard work with a USB cable between the old and new
> > machines, instead of a Serial cable. The new machine
(notebook)
> > does not have a Serial port.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > George
> >
> >

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