Jim, In addition to other member's advice, you could also purchase a null-modem cable to transfer your files via the pc's parallel (printer) ports. This method is cheap, but slow. If interested, reply to me off list for easy instructions. Al Thompson [log in to unmask] -------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "james ashley" Subject: [PCBUILD] Transfer of data > Hi All: Please excuse the ignorance but I want to buy a new > computer but in doing so I don't want to lose everything I > have on my present system. Is there a device or componant I > can transfer all the data from one to the other? And if so, > the cheapest way to do it. Thanks in advance. > Jim > > ===== > Jim Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml