Hey. Wasnt sure where to post this but i figured if you know a lot about windows xp then you`ll know how to solve my problem on windows xp.
I just got a new 250gb hard drive to store my movies on and stuff but i want to share the files over a network. How do i do that? :-)

Its ok... i fixed it...Sorry :-)

Hey min,

- From the PC that you want to share you files, right click on the drive or folder you want to share, and go to Sharing and Security.
- Click on Share this folder on the network, and give it a share name.

- From the PC you want to connect with, right click on My Computer, and click on Map Network Drive.
- Select a drive letter you want to use.
- Folder name will need to be \\[PC Name or IP Address]\[Share Name]. For example, if the PC your connecting to is called PC1 and the share name you gave for the folder is called share1, then use \\PC1\share1

You need to setup sharing, go into My Computer > right-click the drive > Properties > go on to sharing tab > check Share this folder on the network > give it a share name.

Go on the other computer go start > My Network Places and it should be in there under its share name.

Hope that helps,

Chris

Edit: you may not need to map it like madmonkey said above, but do that if it is not there after the first set of steps. Beaten me.

Thanks guys.
I managed to get it working tho. I just clicked the "Share this folder" thing and then unshared my normal shared folder. :-)
It automatically made the new one visible on the network.
At first it wasnt showing like u both said i might have needed to map it but as i didnt need the other one anyways my solution is fine :-)

Thanks anyways guyses

marked as fixed.