Good PC data/programs migration software out there?

[Lex]

Going to get a new PC (my old one is dying) and I want to just try to migrate the information/data/programs from my old PC's harddrive to my new one.

I'm not very computer saavy, but I think there's software available that works with a serial cable between the two CPUs?

Anybody had any good results with this type of thing? Recommendations?

[ret5hd]

1. hmmm...one fast, down 'n dirty way (no cable, no software)...

would be to just take the HD out of your old box, install it in new box as a slave drive, then move everything over to the new drive.

[trotsky]

2. Will both computers have network cards?

If so, you could hook them together either through a hub or directly to each other with what is called a crossover cable. Then you simply "share" the hard drive on the old computer, and use the new computer to copy everything you want off of it.