All the files I want are already in the Shared Documents folder, and file sharing is enabled. Someone at work last night mentioned they had a similar problem a while back that wasn't solved but was believed to be caused by the laptop firewall. Windows XP wizard says it will configure the firewall correctly for file sharing, is it possible is doesn't do this correctly?
Another thought was had that as all I want to do is move some large files rarely between the two hard drives, is there any need to actually make a local network? Or will it be much easier to connect the two some other way, ie without the router/internet connection, and just bulk move the files that way?