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I need to set up a logical drive on my computer that my laptop can see
via the internet. The computer is running Windows XP Pro, and the
laptop is running Windows 98SE. Can Windows do this, or is there
freeware to do this?

(I can't network the computers directly without more hardware, and I
don't want to install stuff and distrurb the deleted files on the
laptop - I want to install as little software as necessary).

I need to recover files from a laptop that were accidently deleted. I
have an application that sees the files, and can restore them to
another drive. If I could only make it so the laptop sees an "E" drive
that's actually a directory on my computer - through the internet.

(I can't network the computers directly without more hardware, and I
don't want to install stuff and distrurb the deleted files on the
laptop - I want to install as little software as necessary).


Are you not able to temporarily remove the drive from the laptop? If so,
you could connect it to your other PC via a USB/IDE cable (by far the best
option)

If not, you can connect the 2 PCs together provided both have either an
Ethernet port (crossed cable required) or both have a firewire port
(standard cable required). Neither requires any software to be installed as
both versions of windows supports networking on both systems as supplied,
but it will trigger a registry update on connection which presents a small
risk of your deleted files being overwritten. If either of these interfaces
are not present on both machines, then there is no way of networking them
without installing additional hardware. Even installing an Ethernet or
firewire card will trigger the installation of the appropriate drivers, with
the corresponding risk of overwriting the required files.

If you are able to network them, then both machines require different
computer names and different IP addresses, but contrary to common opinion,
do not have to members of the same workgroup.