Resolved Help with copy/transferring files to new computer

Hello to all!

I am in the process of acquiring a "new" computer with Win 7 to replace my soon-to-be defunct WinXP. While I am waiting for it's arrival, I was wondering if someone could advise me on how to save/transfer my files once it gets here.

I will want to transfer my photos, word documents and bookmarks/favorites to name a few. What will I need to accomplish this and what would be the simplest way for a computer illiterate such as myself?

Once I get this accomplished, I'm sure to be back with more questions! I was still in the learning process with WinXP! Now I feel like I'm gonna have to start all over with Win7! And I won't even begin to mention the frustrations I've had with my laptop that has Win8! But I seldom use that one and mostly just for some light reading and emails when traveling.

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

 

Thanks PeteC for your reply. Sounds relatively simple enough to accomplish. I do have a question about after copying them, (either to a flash drive or burning them to cd/s) will I be able to put them in the same/similar folders on the new Win7? I haven't seen what the new OS actually looks like, so just trying to get a feel for what I might expect.

 

Thanks PeteC, that is certainly encouraging to hear! Now I'm getting excited to get my new computer and start transferring my files! P.S. I do use outlook.com (alias hotmail?) for my email, so I'm glad that I won't have that portion of copying/transferring to worry about!