I bought a cheapie from amazon, but it did nothing and it was supposed to be plug and play, Any recommendations for one that works?
Thanks
how much data needs to be moved? i think buying a usb drive and copying the users folder would be easier
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Being “up in years” (73) and dealing with short-term memory loss, I need to KISS it. (KISS=Keep It Simple Stupid). As far as how much data - a lot, such as photographs, music and other docs - need to be saved. I have heard of folks using the usb drives and it sounds easy, but believe me, if there’s a way to screw something up, I will find it. 
IMHO, backing data up to some type of external USB storage is a far more simple process than transferring data between two computers. I’m older as well and have absolutely no problem dragging and dropping files/folders from my PC to a USB drive. There are large thumb drives and also external storage drives. All of them you simply plug in and Windows recognizes them with no input from the user. I wouldn’t even know how to begin copying files from one PC to the other.
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I agree with the post above.
a lot of the data transfer cables needs proprietary software which is another monkey by itself. meanwhile to copy folders is done within windows explorer itself
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Thanks, Earthie and Heff for your replies. The reason I asked about a cable is that I had experience with one about 18 years ago and it went very well. I do not remember if it had software or not, but I do remember the cord and the “control” in its center.
My short-term (cognitive) memory problem is such that the more steps I have to follow to get a thing done, the more apt I am to forget something. I did something like that yesterday and had to reset this rig from the cloud. I got it reset, but not without already losing some files which weren’t put back - but luckily were listed, so I can trace them back.
Thanks, you two. I really appreciate your taking the time to write me back and help me out.