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[don]

I have a desk top with a 40 gig and win XP os on it
I am contemplating buying a laptop
formatting the disk and transferring all the desktop info to the lap top
what might be the best way to do that 
any special cables or software needed

I will be using the lap top while traveling 

Don
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