use smb ftp sftp or something similar, just make sure both laptops are connected to the router with ethernet. if the old laptop has its storage easily accessible then I might also just take it out and plug it into my sata dock
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I know it's not an answer to the cable question. But you should really consider sync thing. It's open source you can run a server on your local network and a client on your other comouter and move all the files over just using your local networking. It's painless. Open source. End to end encrypted. So in the scenario the special cable would just be Ethernet or Wi-Fi
A regular ethernet cable is sufficient in most cases. Except for ancient network cards, most newer ones know to flip the wiring to be able to communicate between two computers.
The only thing is that you need to set the network options manually in both computers - set the IP address and subnet. Then just transfer it using any network file sharing protocol. (Windows already has file sharing, Linux you can use sftp, or use a http server)
Edit: Looks like you asked specifically for USB. Sadly that is not possible specifically with usb since both devices are "hosts". I provided this solution since ethernet cable are also very common and cheap to use
As someone else said, either a USB transfer cable or
a USB network adapter and your local network.
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