External USB HDisk on 2 PC's....?

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"Advid" <advid@freeuk.com> wrote in message
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> I've got an external 160g Archos USB hard disk connected to my main
> PC.... (Win XP home)
>
> ...I can also separately connect it to my old win 98SE computer.....
>
> Can I via a USB hub connector connect it to both at the same time so that
> either computers can access the data on it without having to unplug one
> and plug it on the other.....????.


Advid:
Take a look at this gizmo...
http://www.qtekinc.com/liusbshsw2po.html
I've used it to connect a USB printer to two computers and it worked fine.
But I've never used it with a USB external hard drive so I can't confirm it
would work with that device, although it should.
Anna

P. S.
You mention connecting this switch through a USB hub. In the past we've
frequently encountered problems connecting this or that USB device to a USB
hub but no problem when the device was connected directly to the computer's
USB port.