If you are not familiar with the command-line, you can download all of your files to your desktop and then upload them to your new host using FTP. However, this process can be very slow. I recommend using secure copy (scp) instead.

On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Fred Jones <fredthejonester@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a remote site set up on Bluehost. Now I have finally got around to
> setting up wamp, drush etc on the local machine. What is the best way to
> import/download/migrate the remote site to the local server?

Google for "migrate Drupal":

http://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate

or

http://www.juliakm.com/how-move-drupal-site-new-host-without-going-crazy

etc. etc.
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