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Jox
The router is not connected to the internet. I have 4 computers that I want to be able to use the hard drive as a Z: drive on. I need to use it as a hot swap and storage location to share pictures between my computers. I've been trying for hours with no luck. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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You could always buy a NAS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage
If not just plug that portable hard drive into a computer then make sure all other computers are on the same workgroup and have file sharing on. Then just share that whole drive by right clicking it under my computer and going to the sharing tab.
After it is shared go to the other computers and go to my computer then tools at the top. Map a network drive. Go to the work group then find the computer name of the computer that has the portable drive connect to it. Then select the portable drive and then you can choose the name and Drive letter, in this case it is Z. Then on that computer under my computer the Z drive will show up.
If you need help with workgroup's just go to start, control panel, system then computer name tab.
Hope this helps!
You could always buy a NAS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage
If not just plug that portable hard drive into a computer then make sure all other computers are on the same workgroup and have file sharing on. Then just share that whole drive by right clicking it under my computer and going to the sharing tab.
After it is shared go to the other computers and go to my computer then tools at the top. Map a network drive. Go to the work group then find the computer name of the computer that has the portable drive connect to it. Then select the portable drive and then you can choose the name and Drive letter, in this case it is Z. Then on that computer under my computer the Z drive will show up.
If you need help with workgroup's just go to start, control panel, system then computer name tab.
Hope this helps!
Is it possible for low memory to cause this?
Grave Graf
My laptop computer had been telling me that my battery needed replacing. I recently bought a portable hard drive and pulled some things off of my computer (about 100 GB worth) and now it's saying my battery is functioning properly, and is in perfect condition. I just wanted to know, could low memory cause my computer to think my battery is shot, or can laptop batteries repair themselves (I know this part is stupid)?
If it helps, the computer is a Hewlett Packard.
Answer
Sometimes the controller in the battery pack needs to be reset and something you did caused a reset. Draining the battery pack as completely as possible before recharging is claimed to be one way to cause a reset of the controller.
How big is the drive in the laptop ? When you removed those things you might have freed up a lot of contiguous space that reduced "thrashing" of the hard drive.
Windows (and other operating systems) have a paging file on the hard drive. The operating system will offload data from RAM to the paging file so memory-intensive operations will run more smoothly. If the paging file is highly fragmented it causes more disk activity which requires more power from the battery.
If the operating system deletes the old paging file and creates a new paging file that is contiguous on the drive, thrashing is reduced and the laptop can actually power down the drive for longer periods, which gives the battery longer life.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paging_file
There is no Wikipedia article about hard drive thrashing that I can find (yet).
Found a paragraph :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paging#Fragmentation
Sometimes the controller in the battery pack needs to be reset and something you did caused a reset. Draining the battery pack as completely as possible before recharging is claimed to be one way to cause a reset of the controller.
How big is the drive in the laptop ? When you removed those things you might have freed up a lot of contiguous space that reduced "thrashing" of the hard drive.
Windows (and other operating systems) have a paging file on the hard drive. The operating system will offload data from RAM to the paging file so memory-intensive operations will run more smoothly. If the paging file is highly fragmented it causes more disk activity which requires more power from the battery.
If the operating system deletes the old paging file and creates a new paging file that is contiguous on the drive, thrashing is reduced and the laptop can actually power down the drive for longer periods, which gives the battery longer life.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paging_file
There is no Wikipedia article about hard drive thrashing that I can find (yet).
Found a paragraph :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paging#Fragmentation
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