questioner said:
I'm a bit confused about transferring files with the USB cord from my old
computer to the new one. It appears I need to have both of them hooked up
with monitors, mouse, etc. Is this correct? Is there any way I can set up
one
computer, then the other? Thanks for any help.
There are many ways to transfer files from one computer to another. It all
depends on what hardware and software you have. In the old days, we used
floppy sneakernet -- we copied the files to floppy on one computer and
walked in our sneakers, carrying the floppy to the new machine, and copied
the floppy contents to the new machine. Now, many people use thumbdrive or
CD/DVD sneakernet. If both OSs support it and you have the proper cables,
and you have the hardware to boot up and run both computers at once, you can
set up sharing and copy the files directly from one computer to the other.
You would need two monitors, keyboards, and mice, or a KVM switch, for this.
The KVM switch has sockets to plug in one keyboard, monitor, and mouse, and
cables going to both computers; you move the switch to connect the keyboard,
monitor, and mouse to either computer and it fools the other computer into
thinking that nothing has been disconnected (you get no keyboard
disconnected message for example), and you can switch back any time you
want.
-Paul Randall