Pen (thumb) drives are way too slow (I have one -- smile) -- they are fine for transferring file folders a few at a time. The cable I am talking about took me less than two hours to transfer 5 years of data and the old programs I wanted on this new machine. Yes I wiped the programs off the old machine because my Grandsons did not need them to play their educational software so no laws were broken. Even if the old computer only has a serial port, the small adapter I was talking about will work because it can be put on one end of the Bafo cable to convert it from USB to serial. Judith .. You could use a crossover Cat5 cable, or Judith's suggestion for USB cable (assuming old pc has USB ports). Or a USB thumb drive is always handy for transferring files.. Terry -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/