Hi Re-Na! Friday, July 25, 2003, 9:19:04 PM, you wrote: GRH> OK, some step by step instructions or a site to find some would help. GRH> Remember, I only just got xp, so it's all new to me. Since I use XP, and I have a computer in the other room that has Win98SE on it, I'll take a shot; I think directions are sufficiently detailed to figure things out that I may not have covered. Plug the network cable into both computers. Hopefully it's a crossover cable, not a standard cable, else it won't work. On the XP system: I have WinXP Pro, and have little experience with the Home version; it may be slightly different. Click Start -> Control Panel, double-click Network connections. You should see an icon named "Local network connection", or something similar. Click File -> Network Setup Wizard. Click Next, Next. Select Other, then click Next. Select "This computer belongs to a network that does not have an internet connection", and click Next. If it asks about "Bridging", select "Let me choose", and click Next, then clear all boxes except the one for "Local Area Connection" (or something similar), and click Next. Click Next again, then make a note of the workgroup name, which is probably "MSHOME". Click Next again, then double-check the settings, and click Next a final time. After that, go to My Computer, right-click on C:, and select Sharing. Create a new share called "C". On the Win9x system: I'm looking at a Win98SE system right now. Right-click on Network Neighborhood and select Properties. You should have Client for Microsoft Networks, TCP/IP, and one for the network card. If you don't have TCP/IP or Client for Microsoft Networks, add them in. Go to the Identification tab and make sure that the workgroup is MSHOME. Go back to the Conffiguration tab. Click on the File and Print Sharing button, and turn on file sharing. Click Ok. After it restarts, open My Computer, right-click on C:, select Sharing, create a share named C, with full access. Restart both and see if you can see the 98 machine in My Network Places, or the XP machine in Network Neighborhood. If neither shows up, probably need to tinker with the TCP/IP settings. Set one to an IP address of 192.168.0.1, subnet 255.255.255.0. and the other to 192.168.0.2, same subnet, restart, and look again. If (when) you are able to see C on the other computer (make sure it's not your own C), right-click and select Map Network Drive, and map it to a drive letter. You can then use that drive letter almost as if it were a drive in your computer; mark everything on the C drive on the old computer, except the Windows folder, and copy it over to a new folder on your new system. --Scott. Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.