Hey folks, I was wondering if it was possible to access a different hard drive on a computer via the network option on windows? All the computers on my home network are windows 7 and i'm always accessing stuff from a desktop file on my main computer to my laptop or onto my flat mates laptop/computer. I'm upgrading to a solid state pretty soon and hoping to put windows on my SSD and have all my files i'm usually sharing on my 2nd hard drive due to not having much space on my SSD. Is there any way to access a hard drive on your network that doesnt have windows 7 on? So I can access my files on my second HDD on my PC from my laptop. Normally all I can see is "Jon-PC" and that accesses the C: windows drive thanks

Yes. From the remote machine, go to the Command Prompt. Type at the "c:\>" prompt : net use x: \\local_pcname\d$ d$ assumes that you want to access your "D" drive on the local computer. This is the "Administrative share", and you will require the right credentials to connect.