Re: Sharing External USB Hard Drive

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Sounds like the drive might not have been formatted using NTFS. The below quote comes from MS's web site.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc783530(WS.10).aspx

Shared folders are stored on NTFS file system volumes. You can set permissions at the file level only if the files are stored on an NTFS volume. On a FAT or FAT32 volume, you can set permissions for shared folders but not for files and folders within a shared folder. Moreover, share permissions on a FAT or FAT32 volume restrict network access only, not access by users working directly on the computer.


"Newportdoc" <Newportdoc.3uxxbb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Newportdoc.3uxxbb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Bob

I have almost the same problem. I have a windows XP Media edition
laptop connected in a home network with 3 other Vista laptops. I
attached a Seagate 1 Tb External Hard Drive to the XP, set security and
sharing for "everyone" to full control. The XP laptop root drive, usb
Flash drive, and printer are all completely available to the other
network computers. Attempts to access the external hard drive on the
network results in the error message " ... is not accessible. You might
not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the
administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.
Not enough server storage is available to process this command."

I also notice the security tab is not available when I right-click
properties - It is available on the usb flash drive and the c: drive.

Have you found any more information concerning this problem?

Thanks

NewportDoc


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