Thank you for your response. The external drive is a Seagate Free Agent 320GB
unit. It did not come with any CD/DVD to provide management software.
Don
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Don


"nass" wrote:

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>
> "Don" wrote:
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> > I have a desktop running Windows XP Home Edition (with SP2) and am networked
> > to my laptop using a Linksys router. I have enabled laptop access to my
> > desktop files in My Documents. I have just added an external hard drive to my
> > desktop for backup purposes. My questions are: 1. Is there a way to enable
> > access to this external drive from the laptop? 2. Is there a way to enable
> > the use of this external drive as a backup for the laptop files? If either of
> > these are possible, would appreciate instructions on how to implement the
> > changes.
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> > Don
>
> Hi Don,
> Yes, you can do all of this, but we need to know what make the External Hard
> drive and does it comes with Management Software?, if it does you can
> partition this Ex HDD into two or more partitions and connect it to the
> Router on one of the LAN ports and through the Management Control panel (like
> NAS) you can set it up and share it with other (like your Laptop or even you
> can access it remotely if you know the IP address and Password for it), you
> need to set a strong Password on this Ex HDD shares option.]
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage
> Linksys Network Storage Link.
> http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite
> Network Storage Link for USB 2.0 Disk Drives
> Easily Add Storage Space to Your Network
> http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satel...VisitorWrapper
>
> HTH.
> nass
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