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Share external USB hard drive over USB between multiple computers

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Mar 15, 202616808 views
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I want to connect 3 Windows computers (2 Windows XP, 1 Windows Server 2003) to an external USB hard drive via USB. I would like each computer to be able to directly read and write to the HD as if it were directly connected to each computer. Using special file transfer software isn't a viable soluti…

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Nope, USB operates on a tiered-star topology with one and only one host controller. One possibly feasible solution would be to use USB Bridge cables to connect two of the computers to a third, where the hard drive would be plugged in. You would esse…

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