Topic: Thinking of a new build...

[Rik]

I find a stern talking to works.

[sam]

That's the workgroup, which needs to be the same. Each machine should have a unique name, eg main, desktop, laptop.

they could be different workgroups, you would just have to navigate to a different directory.

And Si, seriously I'm pretty sure the software is only going on about the LAN and not the WAN. You will be safe!! :-D Anyway, doesn't your router have a firewall on that?

Oh and remember to have a shared directory...

[Simon]

Right, finally I've got somewhere.  I've managed to get both computers to see each other, by allowing the trusted network adapters, and making specific firewall rules.  All up and running and files currently transferring.  Bit difficult keep having to swapping keyboard, mouse and monitor from one machine to the other, but at least it's doing what I want now.

[sam]

yay! ... you need a KVM is you are going to do that often, really worth it.

[Clive]

Good to hear all is well Simon.  That must be a relief!   

[cookiemonster]

Woo Hoo!! Bet your regretting this build..

I'm about to order my parts next week so that should be fun!! Though I only need a new mobo, memory and case. My transition should be smoother....I hope ':|!!

[Simon]

Good to hear all is well Simon.  That must be a relief!   

A relief??  It's a bleeding miracle!!   

Woo Hoo!! Bet your regretting this build..

I'm about to order my parts next week so that should be fun!! Though I only need a new mobo, memory and case. My transition should be smoother....I hope ':|!!

Let me know if you need any help, Steve!   

[Simon]

Well, at long last, I'm writing this on the new PC!   

[sam]

 

[Clive]

 

[Simon]

Just one little annoyance at the moment.  I have an external USB hard drive, which I have been using to transfer files across.  If I start or reboot the PC with the EHD still switched on, the computer won't start, and won't even reach the Windows screen, until I switch off the EHD and restart again.  This didn't happen with the old PC, and I'm guessing it's a BIOS setting, but can anyone help?

[Sandra]

Depends if theres an option for switching it off in the bios Simon.
I was looking at a pc yesterday that was doing the same, I couldnt find anywhere in the bios to stop it looking at the external drive before windows had loaded and if connected it would try and boot off it 

[gmax]

Just one little annoyance at the moment.  I have an external USB hard drive, which I have been using to transfer files across.  If I start or reboot the PC with the EHD still switched on, the computer won't start, and won't even reach the Windows screen, until I switch off the EHD and restart again.  This didn't happen with the old PC, and I'm guessing it's a BIOS setting, but can anyone help?

Don't bother with USB external hard drives, they are so slow! get a External eSATA Hard Drive Enclosure ,the speed will be similar to your internal hard drive.
You wont have any boot up problems either

[sam]

Don't bother with USB external hard drives, they are so slow! get a External eSATA Hard Drive Enclosure ,the speed will be similar to your internal hard drive.

I don't agree with you there - I've got about 3 TB of external disks and they all run fairly speedily, though it probably helps that they are formatted to either EXT3 or NTFS.

Also I think Si isn't really intending to use it for too much apart from transferring files, are ya?

[TR]

Don't bother with USB external hard drives, they are so slow! get a External eSATA Hard Drive Enclosure ,the speed will be similar to your internal hard drive.
You wont have any boot up problems either

Gmax, can the eSata be be hot jumped? at the moment I have a Aerocool multi card reader/temp/fan control with sata sockets all wired up?



PS well done Si, are you sure the pins are correctly wired? does the USB work at all ?? I had a simular problem a while back and the pins that were jumpered, there was an extra ground pin that when disconected enabled the system to boot properly?