two PC on one USB device ?

[westrock2000]

If I use a USB hub can I plug two PC's into the hub and a USB hard drive can the two PC's see the drive? I don't care if the two PC's won't see each other, just wondering if I can share the HDD.

 

[ewarz]

assuming you get past the physical limitations of connecting one HD to both PC's at once... i think there will be a problem when 2 computers try to access the same HD at once, including dammage/corruption of files.

please correct me if im wrong.

 

[-zax-]

assuming you get past the physical limitations of connecting one HD to both PC's at once... i think there will be a problem when 2 computers try to access the same HD at once, including dammage/corruption of files.

I was thinking the same thing, however one way around this would be to hook the external HDD up on one of the PCs and share it out on the network with full access rights. (Assuming you're on a network) Will be slower access/read/write times on the PC connecting to it over the network, but the functionality will still be there. Just make sure you hook it up to the PC you will be using it the most on though...