Hi Tim -
Thx but no thx - it sounds too complicated for no improvement in
performance. You didn't mention if it would improve security but I doubt
it,.
You're right about the configuration - presently the Ext HD is shown as a
drive in the desktop. And when on the desktop I see it like that - it
shows the 2 HDs in the puter and the 3rd as C, D, E & F and H as the ext. I
use software called Network Magic which makes things nuch easier to set up.
I had tried unsuccessfuly to set up the LAN so I could print (printer hooked
to desktop) with the laptop - followed the instructions but still it said
No! But NM configured it perfectly. Until my new laptop added Vista to the
mess. But that too can be fixed..... once I get rid of Vista and install XP
again.
Thx agn
Take care --
LarryT
91 300D
----- Original message --
From: "Tim C" <bb...@crone.us>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 6:11 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Ext HDD, was RE: OT -new computer
The networked storage will seem faster than USB on the laptop but probably
not the desktop, if I'm reading your setup correctly. (USB always on
desktop, laptop uses networked file sharing from desktop?)
You're talking about something more complicated than USB to ethernet, you
need a USB host (like a computer) for that to work. There are widgets
that allow you to put a SATA or IDE drive on an ethernet network -
sometimes they double as routers - but they aren't particularly cheap, at
least compared to USB versions. Consumer models typically run small Linux
distros and appear to attached machines as Windows file shares, at least.
I can dig up a couple of product links if you still want to go this route.
Best,
-Tim
-----Original Message-----
From: LarryT <l02tur...@comcast.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 2:14 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT -new computer
While we're talking about computers I thought I'd ask about this - I have
a
500gb Ext Hard Drive and presently it's attached to my desktop with a USB
cable. I have a LAN with the Desktop, a Laptop in an adjoining room and a
printer attached to the desktop. The cable modem is attached to the
router
the to the desktop and laptop -
I was thinking the Ext HD might perform better if attached to router - -
is
that correct? I'll need a cable converter to switch from USB to Ethernet
but those are easy to get. Would it run faster? Be more secure? Make no
difference?
I'd better not start talking about the things I dislike about Vista - and
how difficult they make it to go back to XP =
Thx -
LarryT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allan Streib" <str...@cs.indiana.edu>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT -new computer
"WILTON" <wilt...@nc.rr.com> writes:
Well, I HAVE been wrestling with the problem of transfering info from
the old Win 98 computer to the new Win Vista computer. All of the
instructions with the new one say, "Use Windows Easy Transfer (WET),"
and for Win 98, "Install WET on the '98 computer by installing program
with disc or download from microsoft. com."
Maybe you can just move the hard drive from the Win98 machine and
install it on the Vista machine as a 2nd hard drive? Then you can just
copy what you need from the old drive to the new.
Allan
--
1983 300D
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