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ITTechspec044 · 04-17-2008, 09:00 PM

Is it a western digital external drive. and is it attached to an XP machine with a USB cable?

I had the same exact problem, but when I connected it with the firewire cable, I was able to share it. Can't tell you why, but I guess that access speed has something to do with it.

04-17-2008, 09:00 PM	#7 (permalink)
ITTechspec044 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 18 OS: WinXP Pro - VISTA Ultimate - Win2k and Win2003 Servers	Re: external hard drive sharing Is it a western digital external drive. and is it attached to an XP machine with a USB cable? I had the same exact problem, but when I connected it with the firewire cable, I was able to share it. Can't tell you why, but I guess that access speed has something to do with it.