Transfering a webiste

[welshdragon]

I currently have a very modest (basic) website designed and hosted via 1&1 and their website creater package. I won't be staying with 1&1 and as I am a noob I was going to get a new site using microsoft office live or something.

Is there a way I can just save the other website and import into the new host thus saving me the time of having to rebuild?

 

[SubFocus]

Ofcourse, just copy all the files (keep the original directory structure etc) into the home directory of your new host.

 

[welshdragon]

Forgive me I am but a simple noob. How would I do that?

Would there be a way to cut and paste it as code?