External Hard Drive

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I have two different Emachines. Would it be possoble to use one as an
external hard drive. If yes..... how please
 
You will have to setup a (small peer) network to use it for storage.
Once setup and properly shared the drive will be accessible from other
machines and you will be able to use it for storage.

John
 
so you'll have an $450.00 external HD......there are less costly
alternatives..........depending upon what your aim is.
If you just wish to use that storage space on the HD.........install that HD
into your present system as a slave drive and be sure to change the jumpers
on the back to slave.
Buy an external HD enclosure and install that HD into it........it will come
with instructions.
Set up a small 2 machine network....Router required ....and it also comes
with instructions

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peter
 
peter said:
Set up a small 2 machine network....Router required ....and it also comes
with instructions
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You don't need a router to setup a peer network. For a two machine
setup all you need are ethernet ports (NIC cards or OnBoard NIC) on each
computer and a Cat5 Crossover Cable to join the two machines together.

John
 
John said:
You don't need a router to setup a peer network. For a two machine
setup all you need are ethernet ports (NIC cards or OnBoard NIC) on
each computer and a Cat5 Crossover Cable to join the two machines
together.
John
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Or one firewire port on each computer. I don't even think you have to set up
anything. I just plugged a cable in each computer and it worked. 400 Mbs vs
100 Mbs for Nic cards.
 
He already has the external device for saving data, costs nothing. Buying
another device for saving data, like an external hard drive does cost money.
You don't need a router for sharing local area network drives/partitions.
A hub will suffice if you don't want to have to get the special crossover
cable for PC to PC LAN.
 
Good if you have a laptop to move around, or physically adjacent PCs. If
so, I would recommend the same. Firewire cable length is limited to 6 feet
by specification. Any more length, and a firewire repeater is needed. Then
it gets expensive over typical pc to pc LAN connection.

XP seems to be very friendly with firewire regarding PC to PC
connectitivity. Does it all automatically when connected. Just have to
enable drive sharing after established. Too bad about the spacing
restrictions between the PCs.
 
Jonny said:
Good if you have a laptop to move around, or physically adjacent PCs.
If so, I would recommend the same. Firewire cable length is limited
to 6 feet by specification. Any more length, and a firewire repeater
is needed. Then it gets expensive over typical pc to pc LAN
connection.
XP seems to be very friendly with firewire regarding PC to PC
connectitivity. Does it all automatically when connected. Just have
to enable drive sharing after established. Too bad about the spacing
restrictions between the PCs.
Click to expand...

Where was the request for spacing?
 
Jonny said:
He already has the external device for saving data, costs nothing. Buying
another device for saving data, like an external hard drive
does cost money. You don't need a router for sharing local area
network drives/partitions. A hub will suffice if you don't want to
have to get the special crossover cable for PC to PC LAN.
Click to expand...

Where could I get a hub for less than a crossover cable? (special?)

 
I tried with CAT5 Crossover Cables and had nothing but problems...maybe it
was just me.
Bought a Router connected to Cable Modem connected 2 computer....no problems
easy instructions.
Personally I would install the Old HD in the new Machine.......tranfer what
I wished to the new HD and then format the old HD or Install back in old
machine and sell it.Then use the money to buy a new HD to install in new
machine as slave.
peter
 
peter said:
I tried with CAT5 Crossover Cables and had nothing but
problems...maybe it was just me.
Bought a Router connected to Cable Modem connected 2 computer....no
problems easy instructions.
Click to expand...


There is absolutely no difference between a router connecting two computers
with regular cables and a direct connection with a crossover cable. Whatever
problems you experienced wasn't as a result of the difference between the
two setups.
 
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