I picked up a new laptop yesterday, which came pre-loaded with Windows 7.

One concern I had was that I'd accumulated quite a few files over the past few years on the older laptop, which I'd want to have available to me on the new computer. While there are several solutions for this (backing data up to a separate thumb drive or external hard drive, burning to a DVD), connecting the two computers directly through USB 2.0 seemed much quicker and simpler.

I had a few options here, (given that I had immediate access to external storage and the XP laptop had a DVD burner built in), but this provided the opportunity for me to test one of our products - a USB Easy Transfer Cable (USB2LINK)!

Using the Easy Transfer application that was installed on the Windows 7 laptop was as simple as connecting the two computers using the USB2LINK and running the application, which walks you through the migration.

Once you've followed the steps outlined by the application, the process lives up to its name, as it's just a matter of waiting while the files and settings are transferred over! It took some time for the files to transfer, but was definitely an effective way to configure the new operating system (which I am really enjoying so far, btw!).