RE: XP not reporting free/used/capacity space on a NAS

Looking to do backups, to record videos from a P/DVR system (from ATI TV and
from DVD programs), to store photos. But the big thing is backups and PVR.
Both record to the drive programmatically and both look for the necessary
drive space before they do anything.

SPECs:
One USB 2.0 device port (B) for connection to host PC
One 10/100 Ethernet port (RJ45) for connection to network
One USB 1.1 host port (A) for connection to printer or other device

Data Transfer Rate:
USB High Speed: 480 Mb/s (max)
Ethernet: 100 Mb/s (max)

Disk Format:
FAT32 (default), EXT2, EXT3

Network Features:
Network Attached Storage (NAS)
Application
Browser-based configuration tool
IEEE 802.3i, IEEE 802.3u
Apple Bonjour
DHCP
SMB / CIFS
Samba
NFS
Print Server
NTP
UPnP
WINS

System Requirements:
Available USB Port or Ethernet Network
CD-ROM Drive
For NAS connection: Windows 98SE*, ME, 2000 or XP Mac OS X 10.1 or higher
Linux 2.4 and higher
For USB connection: Windows 98SE*, ME, 2000 or XP Mac OS 8.6 9.x, Mac OS X
10.1 or higher

*Windows 98SE support provided via download.

Technical Specifications:
Capacity dependant on model; 1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Your
operating system may report capacity as fewer gigabytes.

Power:
+5, +12 VDC via external adapter

Interfaces:
One USB 2.0 device port (B) for connection to host PC
One 10/100 Ethernet port (RJ45) for connection to network
One USB 1.1 host port (A) for connection to printer or other device

Data Transfer Rate:
USB High Speed: 480 Mb/s (max)
Ethernet: 100 Mb/s (max)

Disk Format:
FAT32 (default), EXT2, EXT3

Network Features:
Network Attached Storage (NAS)

Application
Browser-based configuration tool
IEEE 802.3i, IEEE 802.3u
Apple Bonjour
DHCP
SMB / CIFS
Samba
NFS
Print Server
NTP
UPnP
WINS

System Requirements:
Available USB Port or Ethernet Network
CD-ROM Drive
For NAS connection: Windows 98SE*, ME, 2000 or XP Mac OS X 10.1 or higher
Linux 2.4 and higher
For USB connection: Windows 98SE*, ME, 2000 or XP Mac OS 8.6 9.x, Mac OS X
10.1 or higher
*Windows 98SE support provided via download.

Note 1: 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes; Your operating system may report
capacity as fewer gigabytes.


"nass" wrote:


Hi David,
I will wait for SmartDisk Help and support and see what they will say,
meanwhile send to us the Drive specs and what kind of operations you want to
achieve on it, Backup, install programs, Photos...etc.
As this will help anyone may seen this issue to help.
HTH.
Let us know in either way and good luck.
nass
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www.nasstec.co.uk
"David" wrote:

That is true - the NAS is FAT32. The only other formatting options on the
NAS are ext2 or ext3. I can reformat to a Linux filesystem and use SAMBA
(included on the NAS) to access the shares. Will this solve my problem?
SmartDisk hasn't responded to my trouble ticket yet and the FAQ on their site
says not to reformat to NTFS via Windows.

"nass" wrote:


Could it be because you have the NAS FAT32 formatted and not NTFS, as
windows XP can read FAT32, but the application you want to save or copy are
NTFS?.
HTH.
nass
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www.nasstec.co.uk
"David" wrote:

Thank you for the quick reply. This isn't a case of me trying to share a
folder on my XP machine, rather it is a case of me connecting to a share on a
Network storage device. The Network storage device has permissions set for
Read/writeable to its shares. I have opened the permissions as much as I can
on the NAS's shares but when I map the share and then right-click and select
Properties I don't get the used/free/capacity information of the share or the
drive. It is frustrating when I am using a program to do back-ups to the
share, etc.

Dave

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

My guess would be the system doesn't have permissions set for the drive.

Default Permissions for Shared Folders Is Read-Only Access for Everyone:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;328065

Description of File Sharing and Permissions in Windows XP (Q304040):
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q304/0/40.ASP
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"David" wrote:

I have WindowsXP Pro installed with all available patches. I have a small
home network consisting of a Linksys Wireless-G router/switch, one connected
computer, one wireless Windows Media Center and one wireless notebook running
XP Home. The NAS is a SmartDisk SOHO NAS running Linux as it OS in one
partition and the "share" partition formatted at FAT32. Each of the
computers can connect to the NAS, can read/write to the NAS but if a program
needs to know if there is sufficient space to perform an operation it gets a
reponse of zero space available. the NAS has 400GB with about 395 available.
I can't schedule (or even perform) back-ups, can't save to the NAS
programmatically, etc. How do I get Windows to see and report on the
free/used space on the NAS?

David
.

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