Need Help Networking two systems Please

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

 

May be this can Help.
Direct Connect - http://www.ezlan.net/direct.html

 

From that link i would definetly recommend the top option I find USB a bit of a paint o setup. As they are both runnign Xp I take it you are using the files and settings transfer wizard.

Also If you use Norton Disable it causes alsorts of problems with networking. Also the easiest way in my view is to do a network setup up wizard which is in connection settings and set one up to connect direct to the internet and the other through another pc then all files will definetly share.