"MikeB" <MPBrede@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Saw in Best Buy today a Windows Vista Easy-Transfer Cable and
> Software.
>
> Has anyone used this? What exactly does it transfer?
>
> I have two concerns
>
> 1. It may not move the user files to the correct, new places in Vista
>
> 2. It may transfer (or attempt to transfer) a lot of the junk in the
> settings and data folders for products that I may not install. Then I
> end up with a lot of junk.
>
> I'd love to hear from people who have experience with this, thanks.
It's basically a USB2 crossover cable for transferring data between
PCs. If the PCs have LAN connections, you can do the same thing
with a LAN Cat5e crossover patch cord. The difference is that, if you
don't have gigabit LAN cards in both PCs, the USB2 transfer rate
would be greater than with a 100mbit LAN connection.