Gastro

I'd like to be able to plug my laptop into my desktop so that I can backup files from the laptop etc...

Desktop Windows 2000
Laptop Windows XP

Can you do this ?? Will a USB lead enable me to do this...
Help required...

Cheers,

Gastro

Mr.Cookie

No a usb lead on it's own won't

If both machines have a nic card (also known as network card, ethernet and probably a few others) then your best bet is to buy a crossover cable (should be about a tenner), if not and it's only small text file stuff then a serial link is cheap but i've never done that so can't help there
Another alternative is to buy a usb memory stick and transfer files via this here28mb one for 32 quid[/url]

Si

ChrisB

You need a special USB cable to do this, like one of these

Mr.Cookie

lol cheers chris last time i looked at usb networking it was 2 cables a big box and over £150, didn't realise it had come down to that

CooperS

As Mr Cookie says, use an RJ45 crossover cable, very cheap.

I use this method all the time at work.

Andy

[Edited by CooperS - 11/30/2003 6:59:28 PM]

ChrisB

No prob Si I think I saw a USB toaster the other day

Ethernet would certainly be quicker, but sometimes getting a peer-to-peer network working can risk hair loss...