What's the procedure for starting up my Mac Book as a firewire hard drive?

I want to transfer files onto my new Mac Book. Does anyone know how to make it act like a fire wire hard drive so I can just drop file onto it from my old computer?

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Restart and hold the 'T' key to boot in 'Target disc mode' How to use FireWire target disk mode. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583

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