OT - Computer Help - New Laptop, Moving hard-drive files & programs Options

[riverman]

I'm picking my new laptop this afternoon and I want to know if I need to buy additional cables or anything while I'm down there.

I want to transfer all the programs and files from my old computer to my new one. I see that Microsoft XP has a file transfer wizard, but will this transfer stuff like my Firefox (and all the bookmarks), Google desktop, Adware, Adobe and such? What about my subcription programs like my internet, anti-virus and i-tunes - will I be able to transfer them, or will I have to re-subscribe? How is the transfer done? Do you burn discs or can you hook the two machines together? I just want my new machine to work sort of like my old one (only better) and I don't want to f'ing around loading software all night.

[Carl]

I've used File & Settings Transfer wizard a couple of times and it has worked successfully. As It's been some time but I think having the machines on a network or using a transfer cable is required because of the volume of stuff that has to move. It transferred programs, data files, bookmarks ... everything.