I'm a college student who is stuck. I sometimes forget to bring data from my pc to class and was wondering if there was anyway for me to retrieve files from my pc from another computer??

Sure. Assuming you have a dynamic IP (if you're not sure, you do), you'll need some sort of redirection service. Go to www.dyndns.org and sign up for their free service. They also have several programs that you can download which will get the address of your computer and link it to a name you've chosen at dyndns.org. This way, you can type in "yourcomp.dyndns.org" and it will find your computer at home.

Then set up an FTP server on your home comp. Keep the files you might need in the shared ftp folder, and when you need them you can open up a browser and connect to your home PC.

Also, you could register for a free website (something like Geocities or Angelfire) and upload all of your files there. You'd have to make an html page linking to all of them though, and you'd have to remember to re-upload things whenever they change.

If you need more specific help, just say so and I'll help walk you through it.

[This message has been edited by ThetaReactor (edited 10-06-2002).]

thanks for the help!! I apreciate it!