Sharing files between Mac to Windows

Hi,
I have an ibook G3 with Mac OSX, originally 10.1.5 but recently I upgraded it to Tiger 10.4. The hard drive is about to die (clicking in left corner, applications running slow even though I have enough memory). I'm sorry to say but I bought a Microsoft PC. I've just had so much trouble with my Mac.
I would like to transfer my files from grad school from my Mac to my Windows PC using an ethernet cable if that is possible. I really don't know much about computers. How does one do this, set up a direct connection between the two computers which are not on any kind of network.
I really don't want to lose my files and I have already tried some other options. The CD burner on the Mac never worked so I was unable to burn copies of my files directly. I tried using an external CD burner but not all of the files burned, not sure why. I tried transferring the files to a zip disk but when I connected the zip drive to the Windows PC the computer told me it couldn't read the files and would have to reformat the disk erasing all of the information. If anyone has any ideas I would greatly appreciate them.
Thank you,
Melissa

Hi Melissa!
You have the right idea about using an Ethernet cable. It's the simplest way to transfer files without resorting to sneakernet.
Do you know whether or not either of your computers has a Gigabit Ethernet port? If so, any Ethernet cable (straight-through or cross-over) will work. Otherwise, get a cross-over Ethernet cable from your local computer store.
You can plug the cable directly between the two computers and they will automatically assign themselves IP addresses in the same range 169.254.xxx.xxx.
If your Windows PC is running Windows XP, then it has file sharing enabled by default. If you'd like, create a folder on your Windows destkop, right-click and select Sharing.
From your Mac, you should be able to go to the Go menu in the Finder and select Connect To Server... Browse to find and connect to your Windows machine. You can drag and drop files to copy them.
Hope this helps! bill
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