Hi Vistz, thank you for the options provided, I should of explained myself a bit more, I have two computers at home and just want to set up a home network that will allow file sharing between the two machine's. Now is there another way? I don't really want to be uploading everything and then downloading everything again. The files I want to share are actually on my WD 1TB HD thats plugged into my desktop that runs Ubuntu 10.10. I have already got the other boot sector that has Windows XP working fine, sharing files with the Sony Vaio Laptop, just want to find out a straight forward guide to configure my Ubuntu 10.10 to let the Sony Vaio fully access the home network and get what ever file it wants from my desktop and WD HD.