Can I do this with Windows Easy Transfer?

I plan to move off the RC to Windows 7 Business. (thanks MSDNAA!) My original plan was to purchase an External Hard Disk on Black Friday, but if I can do what follows, then I'll be able to skip that expense right now. (broke college student ftw!)

Would I be able to use my home network to save the Windows Easy Transfer files to my parent's desktop, install Windows 7, then retrieve those in the new install? The official MS documentation is pretty vague in this regard:

I would assume it work due to the wording "...A network with both computers connected to it and the ability to access the same network folders or locations." but i'm not too sure.

Any ideas?

Thanks a bunch,
Ricky

 

Apparently I'm dumb:


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Hopefully, this works, but would a network location simply be a NAS or would a seperate computer count?

 

a nas or a separate computer, what's the difference? for your system, there is none. so yes, should work.

 

I suppose there's also an option just to save data as a file. That file could then be transferred to another computer over the network, or usb drive or to whatever can hold your files (even a mobile phone / ipod with enough memory).