Networking NT to 98,2000,Xp

Joe4pal · 08-21-2005, 09:13 PM

Well not all of them but recently I got an old laptop that had NT4.0 installed. The problem is it's old no CD-rom drive so Im trying to network it with one of my other computers so I can use their CD drive any help?

Erudit · 08-22-2005, 08:50 AM

Hi

this should be fairly simple to rectify.

Set windows NT up on your network as normal (IP address on same range, same workgroup). on the PC with the CD-Drive right click it and select share. Gice it a short simple name such as CD.

Once the Nt system has rebooted for the network changes you should be able to map a network drive (right click my computer, select map network drive, navigate to the PC with the CD-Rom and select the CD drive)

Once this is done you should see the network drive in my computer. pop your cd in, double click and that should be it.

08-21-2005, 09:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
Joe4pal Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 95 OS: Win95/WinXP	Networking NT to 98,2000,Xp Well not all of them but recently I got an old laptop that had NT4.0 installed. The problem is it's old no CD-rom drive so Im trying to network it with one of my other computers so I can use their CD drive any help?

08-22-2005, 08:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
Erudit Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 40 OS: XP Home / XP Pro / SBS2003 / Server 2003 / Win98	Share CD-DRive Hi this should be fairly simple to rectify. Set windows NT up on your network as normal (IP address on same range, same workgroup). on the PC with the CD-Drive right click it and select share. Gice it a short simple name such as CD. Once the Nt system has rebooted for the network changes you should be able to map a network drive (right click my computer, select map network drive, navigate to the PC with the CD-Rom and select the CD drive) Once this is done you should see the network drive in my computer. pop your cd in, double click and that should be it.