Both ur PC and laptop must hav ethernet card
Use a RJ-42 cable with cross-crimping
Conect the cables into the ports
Let windows choose the IPs
i.e use DHCP
Now share the drives from desktp PC
by right clicking on each drive and say enable sharing
Now the drives u shared can b accessed through laptop

And my humble request to u sir
Plz post something or contribute to the forum
All know jokes
SO atleast post them in jokes forum
Thnak u