A daft thought crosses my feeble mind - but nothing new there... With all of the free webspace that people throw at you these days, why not uplift the folders to such a space and then download them again to your new installation?
Saves you from getting up and going to town to find such a beast as a crossover/null modem. Incidentally, I almost tripped (groan) over one in the Maplins crap trap the other day. Was under two quid.
Conan