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Accessing the harddrive of an off computer!

Discussion in 'Other Hardware' started by alvdy, Aug 23, 2007.

  1. alvdy Newcomer, in training Posts: 95

    This may sound like a very strange idea but what i want to do is:
    Have a server laptop on running LogMeIn with my computer harddrive shared to it. When i am at school and i connect to Logmein the shared drive shows up. What i was wondering is: is it possible to leave a harddrive powered up and shared but the rest of the computer powered down?
    Yes i know it sounds like a very strange question but if it is possible it will save a lot of power.
    I am running windows vista home premium and windows xp professional.

    Thanks
    Allan
    alvdy, Aug 23, 2007
    #1

  2. Rik Banned Posts: 4,987

    In short, no.
    Rik, Aug 23, 2007
    #2

  3. alvdy Newcomer, in training Posts: 95

    yup i seriously didnt think so!
    alvdy, Aug 23, 2007
    #3

  4. SNGX1275 TS Special Forces Posts: 11,917   +119

    No, best you could do is have the other computer wake on LAN, so if it recieves a request the computer comes out of standby.
    SNGX1275, Aug 23, 2007
    #4

  5. rapzkilla Newcomer, in training Posts: 60

    its impossible. the computer will have to be on
    rapzkilla, Aug 23, 2007
    #5

  6. alvdy Newcomer, in training Posts: 95

    SNGX with the above scenario taken into account how would i set the Vista computer to wake on LAN. I would also be able to make it sleep again after a certain amount of time? I will be using LogMeIn.
    Cheers
    Allan
    alvdy, Aug 24, 2007
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  7. SNGX1275 TS Special Forces Posts: 11,917   +119

    I don't know all that much about it outside of its existance. Here is a good start though.
    SNGX1275, Aug 24, 2007
    #7

  8. jobeard TS Ambassador Posts: 12,341   +132

    frequently WOL is enabled directly in the NIC settings.

    Of course, the system can only go into Standby or Hypernate and Standby will
    become active much more quickly.
    jobeard, Aug 24, 2007
    #8
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