>http://www.pcnineoneone.com/howto/filexfer.html

Ok, I thought that was what he was getting at.

That wont work however in Ryans case or mine. What he has is a laptop with no cd-rom. If a laptop has no cd-rom and no OS system installed on it, then that method of direct cable connection would not work would it? How do you get the OS files onto the HD initially?