Question : Problem: Sharing a hard drive or JumpDrive between 2 computers...

Hey guys and gals,

I am a consultant currently working at a client site, and I have to use the client's laptop to access SAP and my laptop to access my company's network, so in other words I must use 2 seperate computers to do my job.

I currently have a Jump Drive (CF card in a CF USB card reader) that I save all of my documents on and physically swap the USB cable every time I want to transport my files to the other computer.

I've been researching ways to make this process a bit easier and what I would like to do is connect the two computers somehow (I can't use a router) by attaching a Jump Drive or external hard drive to both of the computers, and have maybe a usb cable run from the Jump Drive/Hard Drive out to both computers. I looked into USB hubs, but I couldn't figure out a way for this to work.

I have also heard that you can only save to a CF card several thousand times? Is this true? Is it possible that one day my CF card will die and i'll lose my files?

This may not be technically feasible, but what do you guys think? Do you have any suggestions?

Thanks!

-Steve

Answer : Problem: Sharing a hard drive or JumpDrive between 2 computers...

i have had this probem before and have  got myself a usb to usb transfer cable, which are popping
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just connect  it add the drivers and program to each computer and with in seconds you have
access to to a explorer like shell that shows you the entire contents of the computer you want
to access , please note their is now security on these cable so dont leave them laying around
after completetion

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it has saved me  many times on where i would have a computer that needs drivers that has
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heres the program that came with my usb transfer cable

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