Thanks for the advice, I do have a usb drive 128mb, it will take forever to transfer my data about 14gb.

I have never opened a computer, leave alone replacing the hard disk or cd burner, iam afraid i will break something.

so the best option i see is usb cable, does all usb cables come with file transfer software.

thanks all for your help, i have another question about winxp i think i need to post it operating system forum.