How can i transfer files and applications from an old windows 98SE OS?

Recently, i was surprised with a brand spanking new 15.4" 2.2 GHZ intel core 2 macbook pro. before this awesome new notebook, i was using a very old, arthritic windows 98SE OS and everything in my whole computing life is stored on that old win98SE antique! i would like to know how i can transfer all my music, movies, pictures and applications, including windows 98se itself so i can possibly run them using parallels or bootcamp (ie: my paintshop pro 7 & 9, animation shop, icewindale games, plus other windows based programs i already have.) i have a male to b male usb cable, if that might help me transfer, i do not know. i also have many many cd-r's, if is this the only way to transfer my files, i am going to be burning disks forever & ever! :P can anyone help me out and suggest a way i can have all my stuff on this awesome new macbook pro? Thanks so much! ^_^

Since its running 98se, i'd say it would have USB 1.1.. which is slow. so if you have a spare ethernet cable which i think is a lot faster than USB, you can set up a network via ethernet and send to the mac that way. If you turn all your sharing preferences on windows 98 (i forgot how to, because its such a long time since i used it) you can access every folder from your mac. But yeah there isnt a lot of ways to transfer quickly on something that old.

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