[resolved] Can't Access Network HardDrive

~~George Quick~~ · 11-06-2005, 08:58 PM

I have a newly set-up Home Network with two computers accessing the Interent via a SpeedStream router and a 2-wire DSL modem.

One computer runs Win2000 Pro & the other runs WinXP.

I need to be able to access the files on the Win2000 computer's secondary HD for transfer to the XP machine.

I can "see" the Win2000 computer from "My Network Places>Workgroup", but navigating within the Win2000 computer is limited to only "Printers & Faxes", "Scheduled Tasks" and the printer that is connected to the Win2000 machine.

I've gone into the Win2000 machine and set the "Properties>Shares" to allow the HD to be shared, but am not sure if I did this correctly and/or completely.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

George.

oldmn · 11-06-2005, 09:01 PM

you need to go into my computer, tools, Map network drive, in the first box select a drive, in the second box type in //(win2k computer name)/C$
being the C: Drive do the same for the D: drive. If you do not know the name of the system look in system , network Identification, properties in the top box is the system name.
an example would be: //joes/C$

The drives on The 2k machine have to be set to share.

~~George Quick~~ · 11-06-2005, 09:44 PM

Thanks Oldmn, that did the trick.

Took a bit of "massaging", but eventually I had my way with BOTH of them, LOL.

Thanks again for your help. Happily transfering files all over the place.

George.

11-06-2005, 08:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
~~George Quick~~ Register user Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 194 OS: Win2000 Pro	Can't Access Network HardDrive I have a newly set-up Home Network with two computers accessing the Interent via a SpeedStream router and a 2-wire DSL modem. One computer runs Win2000 Pro & the other runs WinXP. I need to be able to access the files on the Win2000 computer's secondary HD for transfer to the XP machine. I can "see" the Win2000 computer from "My Network Places>Workgroup", but navigating within the Win2000 computer is limited to only "Printers & Faxes", "Scheduled Tasks" and the printer that is connected to the Win2000 machine. I've gone into the Win2000 machine and set the "Properties>Shares" to allow the HD to be shared, but am not sure if I did this correctly and/or completely. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. George. Last edited by George Quick : 11-06-2005 at 08:59 PM.

11-06-2005, 09:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
oldmn Hardware Tech Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Gig Harbor Wa Posts: 2,137 OS: XP Pro SP3 X 3 My System	you need to go into my computer, tools, Map network drive, in the first box select a drive, in the second box type in //(win2k computer name)/C$ being the C: Drive do the same for the D: drive. If you do not know the name of the system look in system , network Identification, properties in the top box is the system name. an example would be: //joes/C$ The drives on The 2k machine have to be set to share. __________________ AVG \| MEMTEST86 \| Zone Alarm \| XXCLONE \| Adaware \| Beyond Compare \| Everest If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Sorry no PM's for problems. Last edited by oldmn : 11-06-2005 at 09:10 PM.

11-06-2005, 09:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
~~George Quick~~ Register user Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 194 OS: Win2000 Pro	Yep !! Thanks Oldmn, that did the trick. Took a bit of "massaging", but eventually I had my way with BOTH of them, LOL. Thanks again for your help. Happily transfering files all over the place. George.