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Laptop as USB Removable Media
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/firewire...usb11hosa.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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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/firewire...usb11hosa.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. 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. |
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"Mark" wrote in message oups.com... Again, I want some sort of hardware to allow by laptop to BE a USB device, rather than to USE one. Thanks in advance. 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/tg...onics&n=507846 http://www.mic-innovations.com/mi/de...cfm?id=USB600A http://www.spearit.com/USB_transfer.html |
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