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Blue|Fusion · Rated XXX

That's the simplest way, and way I did it for a long time. If you want to do it the way I do now, setup a spare PC (or even that used desktop of yours), setup a specialized folder in which all of your shared stuff will be stored. You can then access it locally and remotely. That's still pretty basic; if you want to get it secured like I do, too (because I get bored easily), than you can set the proper permissions and remote access usernames/passwords and whatnot. For example, I can only access the shares on my desktop from my laptop if I login the laptop as the user "rich" with the same password. If someone else logs onto the laptop or any PC in the house with a different username and password, access to the remote share will be denied.
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