Laptop as USB Removable Media

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I don't know if this is an appropriate group for this question.

I have a laptop I take everywhere. At work I want to use my laptop for
things like photoshop, and then be able to transfer files to the
desktop. I can't install anything on the desktop at work. Both
machines run WinXP.

Is there a device that I can install on the laptop, which would allow
me to share files, by plugging a USB plug into the desktop? I am
imagining a PCMCIA card that has a cable coming out. Ideally, the
desktop would mount the share as a removable media drive just like any
USB Flash Drive would. Something not unlike this:
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/firewireshop/newusb11hosa.html

Again, I want some sort of hardware to allow by laptop to BE a USB
device, rather than to USE one. Thanks in advance.
 
I don't know if this is an appropriate group for this question.
I have a laptop I take everywhere. At work I want to use my laptop for
things like photoshop, and then be able to transfer files to the
desktop. I can't install anything on the desktop at work. Both
machines run WinXP.

Is there a device that I can install on the laptop, which would allow
me to share files, by plugging a USB plug into the desktop? I am
imagining a PCMCIA card that has a cable coming out. Ideally, the
desktop would mount the share as a removable media drive just like any
USB Flash Drive would. Something not unlike this:
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/firewireshop/newusb11hosa.html

Again, I want some sort of hardware to allow by laptop to BE a USB
device, rather than to USE one. Thanks in advance.
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Two solutions.
Use USB memory key to transfer files (plug/unplug) or network.
Create a network share on your laptop and pull files using desktop.
 
Again, I want some sort of hardware to allow by laptop to BE a USB
device, rather than to USE one. Thanks in advance.
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Well there are USB Laplink products that connect two PC together via USB -
they have a lump in the middle that allow the two hosts to be connected.
However I think you need S/W on both ends. I think it looks like a network
connection to the system rather than a USB device but I might be wrong.

Examples:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...38643-1469645?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846

http://www.mic-innovations.com/mi/details.cfm?id=USB600A

http://www.spearit.com/USB_transfer.html
 
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