Migrating from ibook tiger to new macbook leopard

I have just bght a new macbook running leopard.. I only really have mail/photos/email/music on my old ibook running tiger. I started up the new macbook (160g HD) conected ethernet to old ibook. Using migration assistant it was all going well untill new macbook kept saying "connection lost, check connection" etc. I turned off and on, and "resumed migration", when i returned i had an error msg on old ibook saying "migration problems, may not have been comleted".. Anyway, I only have an old 60g ibook, but when i resytart my macbook it gives me all the welcome movie, asks where i am etc, then it gets to the point in migration assistant when it shows my old computers "Files", "network settings", and "applications" it shows 10kb next to network settings, but next to the other two it says "calculating" and then after about 5mins the screen goes grey and i get the spinning wheel that never stops. The old ibook say "new computer is ready" with the moving line bar.. also the "space available" on new macbook is down to 89.9gig, even though i only have about 30gig of files etc to be brought across.. I tried this over wireless network as well but same thing happened.
1)should i reinstall everything on new macbook and start again
2)have i installed everything twice without knowing it (i have tried the process a few times by turing new macbook on and off
3)seek professional help

If I do that will my library be accessable on the macbook without the external hard drive?

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