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Re: New ThinkPad 420 replacing an XP Pro laptop which was ethernetted to my Windows 7 Pro desktop. 
Via my desktop I could directly access my D\ drive on the old XP laptop. It appeared in the Network folder in Explorer.
Now in the desktop I just get a list of the libraries  on the ThinkPad. I have never used or needed libraries so, how do I configure the ThinkPad to make its newly created D\ drive accessible from my desktop?

Hello and welcome,
Have you enabled sharing on D:?  Rt click -> sharing.
You may also need to adjust security settings on one or both machines.
Z.
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