file transfer??

hey there, I recently managed to network my new comp.(dell w/xp) to my old comp. (compaq w/ ME) as I want to transfer 40 gigs of files and was told last post that this was good way to do it. My problem is(using a router by the way) when i use the xp wizard it asks if i want to transfer using a direct cable, or a network or removable drive?? I'm kind of at a loss as i hoped i could just cut and paste or something easy like that. What is the easiest ways to transfer the specific files that I want? Any ideas??

 

If you have them networked, can you find the other machine in Network Neighborhood? If so, did you enable file sharing on at least one of the machines, and go into My Computer and share at least one drive or folder? After you get that far, it's just like the drive is on the local machine, use Explorer to copy the files.

 

hi, I went thru the network wizard steps and have access to the internet on the client comp. and find the name i gave to the old comp. in my "workgroup" in mshome ,however when i dbl click on it i get "\\old not accessible.may not have permission to use this network source contact administrator. network path not found." I thought i did everything right, but obviously not. Any ideas??

 

Do you have file and print sharing enabled on the computer you're attempting to log into? Did you share at least one resource (drive) in My Computer? It sounds like you missed one of these steps.

 

And you have to have both machines in the same workgroup. I share files between a ME machine and 2000/XP box with no problems using netbeui.

 

thanks guys. I decided to try to go with the old hard-drive as a slave and try the network hook up when i get my sanity back. Now i'm having slight prob with that and checking for help in hardware forum. I really really really love computers. Thanks for your help.