cheekbones3

I'm looking for a little advice folks: I'm planning to transfer most of the data on this computer to another one over the weekend, and I'm wondering what the most efficient way to do this is. I've got a router which I could maybe use, if I set up a little network, but is there an easier way? Also, how does the transferral thing affect installed programs? Say if I copied one hard drive to the other, would I have to reinstall everything? And how does one keep one's licences intact?

Cheers.