I have linked my desktop to my lappy via direct cable connection. I have "shared" the C: drive on the lappy in order to copy across sys files to save prior to installing a new drive...
The desktop can find the laptop no problem, but it doesn't offer me a SEARCH capability.. Why not?
So merrily the two machines are pinging each other, yet I cant see a way to actually copy files... and YES I have deleted and retried the connection and rebooted etc etc but nothing seems to prove fruitful. Any ideas at all will be a great help and maybe set my way of thinking along the right lines.
ps. the lappy does NOT have a dvd rw...thats why i need the direct cable link.
2007-11-21 05:18:58 · 2 answers · asked by ~☆ Petit ♥ Chou ☆~ 7 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
file sharing is on and the firewall is allowing sharing on both machines. The search bar does not offer the laptop as an external drive to search...
2007-11-21 06:37:36 · update #1
\\laptop\c or any combination, doesn't work. It seems Microsoft like to be all-singin and dancing but at the crunch, their little add-on gimmicks are more hassle than they're worth.
2007-11-21 10:27:32 · update #2
You can search through the standard search bar.
In the box asking where you want to search (usually local hard drives etc), type in \\ (the key next to the Z key twice) and if necessary the name of the laptop though if you're using Windows XP it should appear automatically.
2007-11-21 05:24:34 · answer #1 · answered by DMsView 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure print and file sharing are turned on for each PC and the folders you want to copy are shared out. ALso make sure they are in the same workgroup. Right click my computer, properties, compiter name tab.
ALso confirm the firewall on each pc is set to allow print and file sharing.
2007-11-21 05:45:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋