Networking problem
 

I am out of ideas, and so I am asking for help.

I have two machines, one to my left, one to my right.
Conveniently I have named the machines (computer name) LEFT and RIGHT.
Each machine has two bootable XP one-partition hard drives, and I am
dual-booting from a boot menu to boot up with whichever hard drive I
want. That part works fine.

My problem is that I cannot share files between the first hard drive
on LEFT machine and either drive on RIGHT machine, Interestingly, I
can share files between the second hard drive on LEFT machine with
either drive on RIGHT machine.

When booted up with LEFT machine drive one and RIGHT machine drive
one, 'IPCONFIG' and 'PING' work fine in both directions. C drive in
both machines is set to 'share printer and files' with share names
LEFT DRIVE ONE and RIGHT DRIVE ONE. WORKGROUP on both machines is set
to MYHOME. MyComputerMyNetworkPlaces on RIGHT machine shows LEFT
DRIVE ONE and RIGHT DRIVE ONE. But, MyComputerMyNetworkPlaces on
LEFT machine shows nothing.

I hope I have omitted nothing. Anyone have a suggestion where I might
look to solve this problem?

Thanks

Duke