I’m unix admin savvy but a Windows administration rookie. I’d like to do something that seems like it ought to be trivial, but I can’t find a reference to exactly how to do it.
I have an ultra-portable that runs Windows XP Home Edition and has no local CD drive. (it’s a Sony VAIO UX280P). I want to be able to:
a) install software from a remote CD-ROM drive that is installed in another Windows XP Home Edition workstation over a local LAN connection, and
b) perform backups from the UX280P to a remote CD-RW or DVD-RW drive installed in a Windows XP Home Edition workstation over a local LAN connection.
I have no Windows Server or XP Professional Edition hosts (or unix hosts) so I have no access to any of their facilities.
What software utilities exist in XP Home Edition (or are available relatively cheaply) that will allow me to “export” a CD or DVD drive from one XP Home Edition workstation and “mount” it for read or write access on another XP Home Edition workstation on my home network ?
Thanks for your help.
-frustrated newbie
