How to map other PC's CD-ROM as a secondary CD-ROM?

[Guest]

Notebook is using (WIndow 98)
Other PC is using (Window XP)

My notebook's CD-ROM does not function well, and I would like to access
other PC's CD-ROM through networking. I successfully connect other PC and map
its' CD-ROM as a drive, but how to map the PC's CD-ROM as a secondary CD-ROM
not a
drive?
Does anyone have any suggestion?
Thank you
Eric

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Notebook is using (WIndow 98)
Other PC is using (Window XP)

My notebook's CD-ROM does not function well, and I would like to access
other PC's CD-ROM through networking. I successfully connect other PC and
map
its' CD-ROM as a drive, but how to map the PC's CD-ROM as a secondary
CD-ROM
not a
drive?
Does anyone have any suggestion?
Thank you
Eric

AFAIK, all you can do is make it show up as a mapped drive across the
network (or access it as a share via a UNC path). You can't fool your
computer into thinking it's a local CD-ROM. What's your goal?

 

[Guest]

In my case, some software needs to perform checking for validaton through
local CD-ROM. Do you have any suggestion?
Thank you
Eric

 

[Plato]

My notebook's CD-ROM does not function well, and I would like to access
other PC's CD-ROM through networking. I successfully connect other PC and map
its' CD-ROM as a drive, but how to map the PC's CD-ROM as a secondary CD-ROM
not a drive?

Networking - General

http://www.howstuffworks.com/home-network.htm
http://www.homenethelp.com/home-network.asp
http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/dccmain.htm
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/category04

Networking - NT/XP Specific

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/homenetworking/
http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/winxpnetworking/
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813936
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_network.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/getstarted/default.mspx