to share files between xp and vista, setting up home network

[Actionguy]

whats up people, I have XP on my main pc, but just got a laptop that has vista, I would like to set up the network so I can access files from my ext HDD on the laptop without having to plug it directly into the laptop, I have the wireless internet up already, and I set the folder from the HDD that I want to share to sharring, but when I go into vista and check out network places it only shows my back up computer's printer.

Any suggestions?

Thanx

[Big Fish]

Make sure you shared the folders or drives you want to access, Get the IP address of the machine that has the shared stuff (Start - Run - CMD"Ipconfig")
Then on the other computer do this (Start - Run - \\192.168.1.12 (or whatever the IP is))
Hopefully you should see everything.

[Actionguy]

thanks alot, I just did everything you said and it worked with no problems, after that I just "right clicked" then clicked "map network drive"