[RESOLVED] Looking to have one desktop view and read the disks on another.

I have two desktops, one with a few usb attached disks. Is there a way for the desktop without the disk to look at data on the external disks of the other desktop?

Newbie at this network stuff, but I do have a router which both desktops use for internet connection. It is a linksys e1000 router. The desktops are one Dell Optiplex running XP Sp3 the other running Windows 7 sp 1 home version.


Thanks.

This might help:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...dows-7-and-xp/

Make sure to set static drive letters for your external drives. You don't want them to change after you create the shares.

You can't use homegroups with XP.

looks good, thanks.

Good luck. Let us know if you get stuck anywhere.