Hi,

I just received my second Dell system and I would like to Network them to transfer the data from old system to new system as my first priority.

I know nothing about Networking & have no knowledge of DOS either just in case if it involves any DOS commands.

Can somebody kindly give me a step by step instructions on how to network them together ?

Both systems have LAN card on them ( 10/100 Ethernet )

Somebody suggested a P2P cable so I do have that too if needed.

Both have cable internet & separate IP addresses.

The Specs of both systems are :

Old System :

P4 2.6 GHz ( Hyperthreading )

512 MB DDR 400 MHz

80 GB ATA HDD

Win XP ( Pro ) SP2

New System :

P4 3.0 GHz ( Dual Core Processor )

2 GB DDR2 ( 533 MHz )

250 GB X 2 SATA Western Digital Cavier 7200 RPM

Win XP ( Pro ) SP2

Thank You

I think pretty much everything you need to know is covered in this article:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/getstarted/getsetup.mspx

Good luck!

if you arn't going to use the other computer ...

go get a hard drive storage container ... I have a wireless network and wanted to access mine wirelessly so I got NETDISK with NDAS (to connect to it wirelessly like mine you need to find on with the NAS feature - mine was $50 at FRY'S ELECTRONICS). installation was soooooooooo easy, no IP addressing or configureation - NO WIRES!

ps
you can hook it up using your usb 2.0 too, if you don't have a wireless network.

totally recomend this one ... cheap and easy

paul