Migration Assistant - can't complete due to space issues

Hello - I just acquired a new macbook pro. I have tried twice to run migration assistant to migrate from my older desktop mac to the new macbook. I am trying to do this over wifi because I don't have an ethernet adaptor for the pro or a firewire adaptor to migrate from Time Machine on my external drive. The first time running Migration Assistant, the process hung overnight and a message dialog appeared asking me to cancel (I can't remember what the message was). The second time trying to run Migration Assistant, it came back with the "not enough space" message. But, when I look at the storage summary on the new pro, I am only using about 10 GB out of the 256 GB available. My old desktop Mac is also 256 GB and it's not full so I don't see how there wouldn't be enough space to migrate over to the pro. Any ideas? Thanks.

If the 2 computers have the correct cable connections, try the Target Disk Mode.
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Dear MrHoffmann
Maybe it is because I am foreign, that I don't understand correctly, and for that I am very sorry. I can't imagine what a restore of a Time Machine disk is then. And I tried to find out what a scratch disk is, and the online computer dictionary told me it was an external HD, with a space for not permanent files. Maybe I misunderstood that too. Where do I then perform a restore of the backup? And where am I told if the disk is vail and bootable... sorry for my lack of understanding. As I understand I am not able to boot from a Time Machine backup, at least before Lion, and I am talking about Snowleopard. And I am not able to understand Install logs. This just sounds too difficult and far beyond what I am cabable of with my skills. Sorry.
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Since no one replied I figured out how to do it myself.
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