Quote - Well it's very possible. The easiest way is probably via memory stick which you get in different capacities. I have a 4gig memory stick which cost me about £5uk and in your case I would just load it up via a usb port on your old laptop and then transfer the files by sticking it into a usb port in your new laptop. But, then I don't know how many or how large your files are.

Of course you could just burn files to a dvd or cd and transfer them that way. This means you also have a permanent dvd/dc copy of your files.

Thanks for your answer but this question is more complicated. (I know of course how to make simple backups, no problem there)

I would like to copy whole working programs from the old HD to the new so that I don't have to reinstall them again. Maybe it's not possible because of the different OS the new laptops have (Vista) while I have XP on the old one.