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Originally Posted by Climax510 
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My Name is Ray. I have this same exact problem. I can use the External Hard drive at the PC it is connected too but the drive cannot be accessed from any PC on the my Netwrok. Sharing is in place. Infact the same sharing options selected for the external HD is the same sharing option selected on the other drives on all 4 of the other PC's on my network and they all work fine. I am using a LinkSYS WRT54GS router and LinkSYS speedbooster PCI card. I have 4 PC's connected in total. My problem is I cannot access my external hard drive from any PC on my network other than from the PC (My server) the External Hard drive is connected to. All permissions are in place and all drives are shared properly. I can access all of my servers IDE hard drives except my external hard drive. The hard drive is Western Digital Model #:WDXUB2500JBNN. I shared the drive as standard procedures. I can see the drive on all systems but cannot access the drive. All systems are running Windows XP. Im using Nortons Firewall and ZoneAlarm 6. Even if I disable the firewalls still no access. I have searched and searched the net with no real answers. This tread was the closet I've gotten to a similar problem. Hope I was detailed enough to have my question answered. PLEASE HELP ME.
as far as i know i didnt change a thing!! 
I had met the same case. But with internal HDs, 4 PCs are connected to each other by a hub (A, B, C, D) .However C cannot access to D, but D can access to C. C can see D in network but can access to D, it's called provisional drive. 4 PCs are connected to A (PC server), and A can access to all PC in network, n B is too. I had checked: the same group name, administrator name, FAT 32,... It's like 1-n relationship in MS eccess!:!:
I have the same problem. I have 6 internal hard drives on the same PC and have used the same method to share those hard drives as I have done with the external hard drive.
I can view the root folder of the external hard drive from the network but once I try to access a folder, I get the same error message.
I am using XP MCE and this is completely illogical as to why external hard drives will not share even though the same method has been used to share them as with the internal hard drives. The internal hard drives share perfectly.
I am using a Linksys WRT54GL, 2 PC's + 1 laptop. I couldn't find anything on the Windows support site talking about this problem.
I can view the root folder of the external hard drive from the network but once I try to access a folder, I get the same error message.
I am using XP MCE and this is completely illogical as to why external hard drives will not share even though the same method has been used to share them as with the internal hard drives. The internal hard drives share perfectly.
I am using a Linksys WRT54GL, 2 PC's + 1 laptop. I couldn't find anything on the Windows support site talking about this problem.
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Originally Posted by smoiu
Hi, I have a network set up at home with 4 computers, file sharing works fine between all of them, i bought a 120g usb2 Maxtor onetouch external hard drive for one of the computers recently and it works as i would like however when i try and share any folders on it so the other computers can get files from it it doesnt work, when someone tries to access it from another pc i get
Is there a solution to this and if so how can it be fixed, ive searched on arious sites but havent found a solution to a similar problem. If someone could help me i'd be most grateful.
Many Thanks-smoiu
It does require modifying the registry, but it is very stright forward, and it works.
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Originally Posted by connray1
I had this problem, and after many hours work found the answer at:http://www.pcdoctor-guide.com/wordpress/?p=174
It does require modifying the registry, but it is very stright forward, and it works.
I'd like to try the registry fix you direct us to, but it doesn't seem to the same issue - is this reference correct?
Cheers
I've been reading around for methods to share external hard drives, and like Climax510 this has been an informative thread.
What i did:
after i had ran the network setup wizard on both my pc(statinary as primary gateway) and my laptop(which uses a wireless connection through the router), I logged on to the pc as the admin and rightclicked the external drive from My Computer, selected Sharing and Security..., then the properties box that pops up should be on the Sharing tab (I had to click on a blue link that was confirming that i knew the risks of sharing the root of a drive), there should be a "Network sharing and security" section with two checkboxes (check them both) and a box that asks for the "Share name:" Then it prompted me to define a network, this should look like the path to a folder, use the browse feature and find the name of the 'workgroup' you have defined prior(you should have to go through the computer name and possibly the user names on your comupter till you find it, just keep hitting the +icons). Then finish the wizard.
The Drive should now show up in the My Netowrk Places folder from your other computers' Start menu, looks like a normal folder with the name you had selected earlier. However, it does not appear with the other drives from the My Computer folder.
What i did:
after i had ran the network setup wizard on both my pc(statinary as primary gateway) and my laptop(which uses a wireless connection through the router), I logged on to the pc as the admin and rightclicked the external drive from My Computer, selected Sharing and Security..., then the properties box that pops up should be on the Sharing tab (I had to click on a blue link that was confirming that i knew the risks of sharing the root of a drive), there should be a "Network sharing and security" section with two checkboxes (check them both) and a box that asks for the "Share name:" Then it prompted me to define a network, this should look like the path to a folder, use the browse feature and find the name of the 'workgroup' you have defined prior(you should have to go through the computer name and possibly the user names on your comupter till you find it, just keep hitting the +icons). Then finish the wizard.
The Drive should now show up in the My Netowrk Places folder from your other computers' Start menu, looks like a normal folder with the name you had selected earlier. However, it does not appear with the other drives from the My Computer folder.
Last edited by Charkol; Feb 26th, 2008 at 6:56 pm.
Sorry to double post, but i also found this page while looking for a way to put the external hard drive into my laptops' My Computer drive list.
http://tech.yahoo.com/gd/sharing-a-h...network/153494
But to actually put the shared hard drive into your My Computer drive list you need to rightclick My Computer and just click the 'Map Network Drive'. Then all you do is select the drive letter, and locate the external drive using Browse(again it should be located in the my network places folder).
http://tech.yahoo.com/gd/sharing-a-h...network/153494
But to actually put the shared hard drive into your My Computer drive list you need to rightclick My Computer and just click the 'Map Network Drive'. Then all you do is select the drive letter, and locate the external drive using Browse(again it should be located in the my network places folder).
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Originally Posted by Em340
I too have this problem, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. I have to renew the sharing permissions on the external drive every time it is switched on. Even then it doesn't always work.
I'd like to try the registry fix you direct us to, but it doesn't seem to the same issue - is this reference correct?
Cheers
I have found that occasionally I need to reset the sharing permissions on the external drive. I haven't had to do that since I set it's drive letter permanently as E. Occasionally the PC would set it with F, when I used another USB external such as digital camera or Ipod.
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I right clicked on the external hard drive letter and "map network drive".
Under "Security" I clicked "advanced settings" and "add" (user). I added "everyone" and set the permissions to "full control".
This worked.
Under "Security" I clicked "advanced settings" and "add" (user). I added "everyone" and set the permissions to "full control".
This worked.
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