help: how to share a USB harddrive

[Xiongnu]

hi,

i have a Maxtor oneTouch 160GB USB external harddrive connected to my
desktop computer and would like to share the files on it throughout my
home network. i set the drive to share but couldn't see it from my
laptop. what do i miss?

my desktop is running windowsXP and both my desktop and laptop are
connected to a Netgear MR814 802.11b Wireless 4-Port Cable/DSL Router.

 

[Butterfield]

hi,

i have a Maxtor oneTouch 160GB USB external harddrive connected to my
desktop computer and would like to share the files on it throughout my
home network. i set the drive to share but couldn't see it from my
laptop. what do i miss?

my desktop is running windowsXP and both my desktop and laptop are
connected to a Netgear MR814 802.11b Wireless 4-Port Cable/DSL Router.

If you share a folder on the drive can you see that?
Butterfield

 

[daytripper]

hi,

i have a Maxtor oneTouch 160GB USB external harddrive connected to my
desktop computer and would like to share the files on it throughout my
home network. i set the drive to share but couldn't see it from my
laptop. what do i miss?

my desktop is running windowsXP and both my desktop and laptop are
connected to a Netgear MR814 802.11b Wireless 4-Port Cable/DSL Router.

So, can you share the desktop's internal harddrive with the laptop?

Can the laptop see *any* shares on your network?

/daytripper

 

[Al Dykes]

If you share a folder on the drive can you see that?
Butterfield

Somewhere in XP there is an "enable file sharing" thingy and it's
differen tin XP/pro and XP/home. SP2 also makes a differnece.
I have Pro here and found it once put can't today.

If the OP has zone alarm or similar personal firewall running turn it
off until you get things shared and then turn it on and figure out how
to allow sharing with security.