Trouble moving files from PC to iMAc

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I just bought an imac and have over 100gb of info from pc I need to move.

I have the mac plugged into my pv with an ethernet cable but everytime I try to transfer files it fails. I can open shared files on the PC/Mac no problem though.

So, I disabled the share files and folders using SMB option in the mac preferences. It works now, the problem is at a much slower speed. It's taken half an hour to transfer 100MB.

Help! What am I doing wrong? Is their a third party product I can get?
 
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Your Mac's Specs
2 x 20" iMac Intel Core 2 Duo
Buy an external hrad drive.
Use this to transfer your files.
When finished you can use it for backups etc..
 
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Black Macbook C2D 2GHz 3GB RAM 250GB HD iPhone 4 iPad 3G
Have you added both machines to a single workgroup? Do you have Airport enabled on the iMac? Does the PC have a wireless card that might still be enabled? Are you using the Connect to Server option to mount the shared folder(s) on the PC?
 

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