how to link more than one pc together

[vamp]

hi first I must say wot I'm trying to do eg..... pc 0 is a tower with 6 Hard drive's in it ram etc but no disc drive's or floppy driv in it.... pc 1 is linked to pc 0 pc 1 has no hard drive but has every thing else including disc drive and flopy drive.... pc 2 is the same as pc 1 and linked to pc 0.. how do I do this

[KenB]

pc 1 has no hard drive

 

pc 2 is the same as pc 1

No Hard Drive ??

 

So - as I see it .....you have one possibly working PC with more hard disks than you can shake a stick at .....

and 2 boxes that are no use without a Hard Disk .

 

Your question again?

[vamp]

no you have me wrong I have one tower as a maine tower (o) which run's windows xp pro thi's has all the hard drive's in it but no disc drive's ib it the other 2 ( 1-2) are connected to tower (0) 1 and 2 have no hard drive's in them but they do have disc drive's this is because tower's 1and 2 runn off tower 0

[Jelly Bean]

Vamp the computer towers will not boot up without hard drives in them......I am confused...............

 

Vamp are you thinking of setting up a server?

[Jelly Bean]

Ok let me see if I am correct,we need more information on what your trying to do and how you have this setup?

 

You have ONE fully working computer with six HDDs installed,it has one monitor,one keyboard and one mouse connected to it...

 

You have two other computer towers without any monitor,keyboard or mouse connected to them.They DO NOT have HDDs fitted.

 

How do you have these none working towers connected to the main working computer?

 

Your trying to make the two none working computers work or boot from the main working computer?

 

That is NOT going to happen...

 

You either make one of the none working computers into a server so all other computers that work in the home can share files from that server.

 

OR:

 

Fit hard drives and monitors,keyboard and mouse to the none working computers.Then insatll windows....

 

Once all three are up and running you can connect them via crossover cables or via wirless to share files...

 

If you could fully explain your setup I am sure we could help you further,but at the moment connecting two computers that do not have HDDs or external monitor etc to a main working computer actualy does nothing....

[vamp]

how can I explaine this ..... think ov a office the maine pc is on floor 0 and when a person turn's on the pc on floor 1 he get's the windows desk on there screan which come's from the maine pc on floor 0 and a person turning on a pc on floor 2 get's the same thing the windows desk on screan but can work on there pc seporatly from floor 1 but say they wont to play a game against each other they can. I think that got it or thinkl of the dwp one maine frame but umpteen users

[vamp]

no no the maine pc has the hard drive's in it no monitor's no keyboard or mouse pc 1 has a tower no hard drive but has got disc drives monitor and mouse and keyboard san as pc 2 both work off pc 0

[Jelly Bean]

Vamp I am still utterly confused I am sorry....

 

You say you have one working computer and two NOT working....

 

To use the two none working computers,they need to have hard drives fitted and install windows.....

 

You can then setup a network and share files over this network....

 

 

To control all three computers over a network Virtual Machine can be installed and all three working computers can share files and be controlled via the one main computer.....

 

You cannot play games or share files with the two computers that do not have hard drives installed and windows installed.They simply will not work....They may turn on but they need to be booted and logged onto before you can set up any kind of network or file share system...

 

 

Im passing this over to other members for you as I am totaly at a loss of what you are asking for....

[vamp]

this is it both pc's boot up from the maine tower

[Jelly Bean]

Both computer boot up and can be logged onto at the same time or seprately?

 

Both computers are connected to the main computer HOW?

[vamp]

I asked first lol.. this is wot i'm asking 1 pc run's the other 2

[Jelly Bean]

I now think I have what your trying to do....

 

But you need to give us the information we need.

 

Like how are all three computers connected up to eachother?

 

You have one working tower lets say on floor 1,this has no monitor,keyboard or mouse connected...

 

On floor 2 you have a computer with keyboard,mouse and monitor connected to it..

 

On floor 3 you have a computer with keyboard,mouse and monitor connected to it..

 

Both floor 2 and 3 computers do NOT have hard drives.

 

Both floor 2 and 3 computers are connected to the single tower on floor 1.

 

You can logon to floor 2 computer and surf the internet.

 

But you cannot logon to floor 3 computer and play games at the same time as floor 2 computer.

 

You want to have both floor 2 and 3 logged onto,up and running and use both at the same time....

 

My advice is to fit a hard drive to each computer that do not have one,install windows on both....

 

Then use the fully working tower on floor 1 as a server....

[vamp]

yes and that is wot I wont to do and that is wot I wont to know ty for your help butt

[Jelly Bean]

OMG at last I thought I was going utterly crazy......

 

Right now I dont know if this would work.

 

The tower that is fully working could be setup as a "Dual Boot",this means it would have its main hard drive split into two and then on each partition install a version of windows....

 

As an example....The main working tower,you split the partition into two seprate partitions,as an example you install windows xp on one partition then windows 2000 on the other,this creates a dual boot,then maybe just maybe you could use floor 2 and 3 computer to logon to the seprate partitions,so floor 2 computer logs onto XP floor 3 computer logs onto windows 2000 partition....

 

A lot of work that possibly will NOT work....

 

The easiest option is find out wich computer is the lowest hardware specifications....

 

Use this as a "Server" wich is a stand alone computer tower that other fully functioning computers connect to to share files such as video,games etc....

 

Take the other two computers add hard drives to them install windows on each then connect them to the server tower.....

[vamp]

got you and ty soz for the headache I'll try that and let you know if work's ty againe butt

[Jelly Bean]

Are you sure your Welsh vamp?

 

Only joking.....

 

Here is How to dual boot:

 

http://apcmag.com/how_to_dual_boot_vista_and_xp_with_vista_installed_first__the_stepbystep_guide.htm

 

There are other links and help there on how to dual boot diffrent operating systems,they are all pritty much the same on how to set them up....Great link and great help...

 

 

If the fully working tower is a higher specification than one or both of the other computers then keep it as a fully working computer and connect a monitor,keyboard n mouse,fit CD/DVD drives etc to it...

 

Here is an example of how to build a server:

 

http://www.intac.net/build-your-own-server/

 

 

BUT vamp,your easiest option and the simplist option is to fit a hard drive in floor 2 and 3 computers,install windows on both computers then connect all the computers up via a network.....

[vamp]

ty butt and no I'm not welsh but I now live on Penrhys in the Rhondda Valley and I'v lived er for 5y I used to live in the north west in Preston near Blackpool. Againe thank you for your help by the way I build pc for a living now I used to be a chef pmsl

[Jelly Bean]

You crazy english boy LOL.....

 

Never mind we got there in the end didnt we?

 

Good Luck babe....x

[vamp]

yes we did and I'v now learnt to build a server I love learning> big TY 2 you

[Jelly Bean]

Your very welcome vamp.....

 

Let us know how things go.....

[Starbuck]

Just a small word of advice for future posts vamp.

If you were to speak in plain English instead of lazy text speech, it would be a lot easier to understand what you are trying to achieve.