Hi,
To direct connect the two machines, you would need to use an ethernet
crossover cable or USB direct connect (null cable), and then set up shares
on the machine being accessed. Otherwise, you could use a hub, switch, or
router to connect the two machines via regular ethernet cabling.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts
http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
"JethroUK©" <reply@the.board> wrote in message
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>I only have one monitor & keyboard so i can only use one machine
>
> I tried sharing all drives on my old PC & connecting via network cable but
> my new PC doesn't see any of them
>
> I was wondering whether i could connect to my old PC via USB cable so it
> treats it just like a big drive - i realise it would be slower but i can
> leave chugging away overnight
>
> What's best way?