On Sunday 01 May 2005 12:27 pm, Paul M wrote: > JR wrote: > > My laptop is pretty low on harddrive space. If I want to install > > something big (like openoffice or a large game), I usually have to > > uninstall something else, or delete some music. > > > > I'm wondering is there a minimal way that I could connect a harddrive to > > the network here at home, and use it as another partitiion? Or even just > > as a network drive. Maybe I could put all my mp3's on it. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jarlath > > Wouldn't a USB hard drive work for you? > > Or more cheaply, a year or so ago I bought an enclosures for a couple of > old 2.5" drives I had lying in a draw at UKP 3.50 each, just stick the > drive in, and plug in. > > Just taken a look and the firm is still there on ebay, at: > > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=96894&item=5191261 >496&rd=1 > > if you've got any lying about there's also enclosures for 3.5 inch hard > drives, but haven't tried these. Hi Paul,
Thanks for that. After hearing about the network drive, I think I'd like to do something like that. If I plug in a USB drive, I loose mobility. I like to take my laptop around the house. But with the wireless network I have, a networked drive would be great. Half of my harddrive is either music (audio / video), or graphics / photography stuff. I could put most of that on the shared drive and everyone in the house could access it from their computers. Does a network drive just connect to the ethernet port on the router? Jarlath
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