Hmmm....fast forward.....a few months later....

I really love my new HP DV1420, but am having serious issues separating from my old Compaq Armada 1598DMT running WIN95.....

My current thought is that since my HP does not have a 1.44 floppy drive, I should network the two using an ethernet (RJ45 to RJ45) crossover wire via the Compaq's (WIN 95) existing ethernet 10/100 cc adaptor to transfer data from the 10 billion+ 1.44 floppies I have . I figger it'll be a trifle slow, but eventually will get me where I'm going without having to shell out more $ for a USB floppy drive.

I presume one system should be host and the other guest? Which should be which? Is it better to have system running XP designated host? Is there a "networking for dummies" with a step by step instruction booklet???

Thoughts? Ideas? Any comments and/or constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated!