Mr Blue,
You could do the above, but this might be simpler. If you have a digital camera that has a compact flash, memory stick and a cable that one end is a USB connection and the other is the card reader, just connect to the desktop and download your files to the card reader and then upload them to the laptop! I don't recommend downloading images directly from the camera to the desktop, in case there is a power surge, then you may lose the camera and the images on the card. Go get a card reader and give it a try, they are cheap!
Rich Franco