The fastest way for me was to hook my XP machine and macbook through a router. Then it's pretty easy to network them together through the Mac --> System Preferences --> Sharing --> Windows Sharing
Then go to your XP machine and load up the IP address/login they give you from the run command on XP.
sounds complicated, but it's super easy and you move your files as fast as your router can transfer data, and you won't need to buy any extra equipment.
Keep in mind you CANNOT plug an ethernet cable straight from one machine to the other, something about flipped pins on each machine, so you do need a router.
doing this also sets up a nice little network between your two machines in case you need to transfer big files or just want access to the files on the different machines.
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