No CD Rom Drive

I want to install a Wireless notebook kit (MN-620)to
reach the internet thru my DSL connection on my Desktop.
My probelm is that my older HP Omnibook 5700ct does not
have a CD drive. It had a 3.5 floppy instead. Any
recomendations on the best way to accomplish this other
than buying a new notebook? I was told by CC that HP
wasn't making CD Rom drives for this laptop any longer.

Share the CD-ROM on your desktop, then temporarily hook up via Ethernet
cable to the MN-500 base station with the notebook.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

"BillD" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:249201c3e13e$0b27b740$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I want to install a Wireless notebook kit (MN-620)to
> reach the internet thru my DSL connection on my Desktop.
> My probelm is that my older HP Omnibook 5700ct does not
> have a CD drive. It had a 3.5 floppy instead. Any
> recomendations on the best way to accomplish this other
> than buying a new notebook? I was told by CC that HP
> wasn't making CD Rom drives for this laptop any longer.

>-----Original Message-----
>Share the CD-ROM on your desktop, then temporarily hook
up via Ethernet
>cable to the MN-500 base station with the notebook.
>--
>Chris H.
>Microsoft Windows MVP
>Associate Expert
>Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
>"BillD" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>news:249201c3e13e$0b27b740$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I want to install a Wireless notebook kit (MN-620)to
>> reach the internet thru my DSL connection on my
Desktop.
>> My probelm is that my older HP Omnibook 5700ct does not
>> have a CD drive. It had a 3.5 floppy instead. Any
>> recomendations on the best way to accomplish this other
>> than buying a new notebook? I was told by CC that HP
>> wasn't making CD Rom drives for this laptop any longer.
>
>
>.
>I didn't think the 1st post took thats why a 2nd post
appeared. I'm not that Pc literate so could you walk me
thru a step by step process of how I share my desktop cd
drive with my laptop to use the setup cd to configure the
Omnibook for the wirelee adapter. Thanks, BillD

If you're in Windows XP on the desktop, left-click My Computer and you'll
see the CD-ROM drive. Right-click that icon then select Sharing and
Security... The Sharing tab will come up and you'll see a section "Network
sharing and security" Put check marks in both the Share this folder on the
network and Allow network users to change my files boxes. You should give
it a Share name, too. Then okay your way out, and the drive will be shared.

After that, use an RJ-45 cable to connect the notebook to the base station,
set up the LAN settings in Network Connections according to your base
station's settings (Workgroup and so on).

Once you have access to the LAN, you can go into Windows Explorer, open My
Network Place, navigate to Microsoft Windows Network and then click on your
LAN name listed underneath it. Click on the desktop name within the LAN to
access the information it has shared, and you'll see the CD-ROM listed. You
can use it just as if it were attached to the notebook.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

"Soory Chris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Share the CD-ROM on your desktop, then temporarily hook
> up via Ethernet
> >cable to the MN-500 base station with the notebook.
> >--
> >Chris H.
> >Microsoft Windows MVP
> >Associate Expert
> >Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >
> >"BillD" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message
> >news:249201c3e13e$0b27b740$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> I want to install a Wireless notebook kit (MN-620)to
> >> reach the internet thru my DSL connection on my
> Desktop.
> >> My probelm is that my older HP Omnibook 5700ct does not
> >> have a CD drive. It had a 3.5 floppy instead. Any
> >> recomendations on the best way to accomplish this other
> >> than buying a new notebook? I was told by CC that HP
> >> wasn't making CD Rom drives for this laptop any longer.
> >
> >
> >.
> >I didn't think the 1st post took thats why a 2nd post
> appeared. I'm not that Pc literate so could you walk me
> thru a step by step process of how I share my desktop cd
> drive with my laptop to use the setup cd to configure the
> Omnibook for the wirelee adapter. Thanks, BillD