IF I were to scoot to staples tomorrow what sort of flash drive would I get? Staples only does file transfers on own computers.
Get the largest capacity you can afford depending on the amount of data you have. You can go into your library and check the size of each folder to add them together.
If the collective data is more than 64 GB then purchase a 500 GB external hard drive for around 70 bucks to move your data to because this is more cost effective.
Brand, type, etc. is not relevant only size.
Looking on line, I found this: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/windows-easy-transfer
Have USB on both machines? Last time I had to do one, I just went over to the local Walgreen’s and bought a SanDisk thumb drive from the display in the photo department. An 8 gig was about 15 bucks back then, but I see 20 dollar 64 gigs advertised now. You don’t need one that’s big enough for everything, just move stuff a chunk at a time.
Are they side by side, an HDMI cable might do
I would actually suggest buying a portable hard drive, copying all your files from the old computer onto that, then copying what you need to the new computer. I’m sure there are files you will never need again, so there’s little reason to clutter up your new computer, but you don’t want to completely lose them.
I just bought a Seagate 1TB drive for $65. Here’s what I bought, there are plenty of other manufacturers. http://www.seagate.com/external-hard-drives/portable-hard-drives/standard/backup-plus/
You can get the same data size for less money if you get a desktop drive with separate power, but the little ones with notebook drives are USB powered and work exactly like flash drives.
Assuming you haven’t filled it up from the old computer, use it to back up your new computer regularly.