Thank you all SO much for your ideas/suggestions. Please keep them coming.

Julie, thanks, I looked at the link you posted and, provided I can get the actual cable connections, I think one of them could be the way to go.

It is my picture files I am bothered about and I do have most of the best loaded on Imagestation, Photobucket and even some on Webshots, so I could copy them back. But when my computer crashed last time I didn't have as many pictures (didn't have Ebby ) but, mostly because I am on dial-up, it was still a bind copying them back from Imagestation, I was hoping a direct computer to computer link would be easier.

Once again, thanks!!

Chris