I have got a spare machine with some files on that i want to transfer over to another machine which is running Win XP.

I have used the Knoppix live CD on the spare machine and i have setup the network/samba server so i can access the knoppix computers files through the Win XP machine.

I start the copy and paste off and after around 5 minutes the Knoppix machine will freeze and the copy will fail, so i have to reboot the machine.

Is there anything i have done causing it to crash or is it a hardware problem?

Note: I'm quite a newbie to linux so be kind :P