transferring files from old to new

i am gonna buy a new laptop which will have a win7 home basic 64-bit installed, and right now i have a win vista home premium 32-bit laptop. I want to know that how can i transfer my files and folders from the old PC (vista HP 32-bit) to the new one (win7 HB 64-bit)?

I have been searching online and found that there is something like Windows Easy transfer wizard. And on M$ help center they say that Windows Easy Transfer can't transfer files from a 64-bit version of Windows to a 32-bit version of Windows. And so, i am confused now (from 32-bit to 64-bit).

Any help is appreciated.

I dont there is any other easy way other than manual copy paste.

Have a look at this link, should make things easier
4 Ways To Transfer Files From One Computer to Another

You can connect the two computer using a LAN cable.

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Take backup on Pen drive and transfer wherever you want, simple.

pankajhwr said:
Take backup on Pen drive and transfer wherever you want, simple.

no its not simple...if OP has huge data (above 15GB) then its cumbersome to do copy/paste using Pendrive

@OP: use LAN cable(if u have) or else external HDD

Here's what I usually do for the above purpose

1. Connect both of the PCs with Ethernet Crossover Cable/Wi-Fi over router.
2. Create an FTP/HTTP Server with Everything.
3. Find the source computer's internal IP address (cmd -> ipconfig /all)
4. Enter that Internal IP address into a browser in the destination computer.
5. Navigate to the directory and download the files.
6. I recommend using IDM ("Download all links with IDM") to download more than 1 file.

OR

You can refer to this article How to Share a Folder Over Your Network

thanks to all for ur reply..

and lets see wat i am gonna do..
will tell u people soon..

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SyGeek said:
Here's what I usually do for the above purpose

1. Connect both of the PCs with Ethernet Crossover Cable/Wi-Fi over router.
2. Create an FTP/HTTP Server with Everything.
3. Find the source computer's internal IP address (cmd -> ipconfig /all)
4. Enter that Internal IP address into a browser in the destination computer.
5. Navigate to the directory and download the files.
6. I recommend using IDM ("Download all links with IDM") to download more than 1 file.

OR

You can refer to this article How to Share a Folder Over Your Network

+1

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SyGeek said:
Here's what I usually do for the above purpose

1. Connect both of the PCs with Ethernet Crossover Cable/Wi-Fi over router.
2. Create an FTP/HTTP Server with Everything.
3. Find the source computer's internal IP address (cmd -> ipconfig /all)
4. Enter that Internal IP address into a browser in the destination computer.
5. Navigate to the directory and download the files.
6. I recommend using IDM ("Download all links with IDM") to download more than 1 file.

+1
Also you can try team viewer.
Easiest option go for ext HDD. since you say transferring from pc if you have two Pen drive 8 GB each with two slots you can use them.(limitation file >40 GB it will become cumbersome)

abhinav_sinha said:
+1
Also you can try team viewer.
Easiest option go for ext HDD. since you say transferring from pc if you have two Pen drive 8 GB each with two slots you can use them.(limitation file >40 GB it will become cumbersome)

Thanks for the tip, but right now i am using Windows Easy Transfer, and its the easiest way to get things done. And since i have 123 gb of data to transfer, i prefered this way..