How to save downloads to external drive

as my netbook is not connected to the net I need to do numerous downloads I download on the desktop then want to transfer the files to the netbook
How do i proceed?

Provided the netbook has a USB port, you can transfer files between systems using one of those. They're pretty cheap these days and you can usually get a 4GB drive for about $5
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