I'm goin portable around christmas and I was wondering if there was any easy way to transfer my files and folders to my laptop without having to burn it all.
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If both computers have network cards, get or make a crossover cable and set up a peer to peer network. Then you can access the folders on your desktop by sharing the ones with your files.
If you happen to have a null-modem cable (parallel is preferred because it's faster) you can also go that way, see attachment for how. Won't be nearly as fast as the straight-through network connection but then if you don't already have a pair of network cards, the cable will cost you less money. If you can find the cable that is!