sharing a partition on vista - Overclock.net

burrbit · 07-17-08

is this possible?

i have a laptop that im trying to share a partition with my windows xp pro machine.

i enabled sharing, and gave full control to all users. the partition shows up under the laptop on the network, but i get an access denied message when trying to open it.

Dragoon · 07-17-08

Make sure you're setting the correct permissions when you enable the sharing and disable (if you want) password protected sharing on the system that has the shared partition.

Wattes · 07-17-08

Also make sure you set both the sharing and map security settings to allow access to all users.

darkspearxz · 07-17-08

Cut the vista partition with the vista-in-built tool, if you need more instructions, ask!

burrbit · 07-17-08

as far as i know, ive got permissions set to everyone, and password sharing is disabled.

i dont know how to cut the partition using the built in tool,

but i did see this and still couldnt get it to work:

Quote:

Administrative Shares and Sharing the Root of a Drive

Windows XP by default created administrative shares for the root folders of the fixed drives of the computer. For example, for the root of the C: drive on the computer named BobPC, Windows XP automatically shared \bobpcc$. The “$” at the end of the share name means that the share name will not appear in the list of shares. For computers running Windows Vista that are members of a workgroup, these administrative shares exist but are blocked for network access for security reasons. You can create your own shares to share your drives from the root of the drive, but Microsoft highly recommends that you share only the folders that you need to, rather than the entire drive.

To share the root of a drive, do the following:

1.

Right-click the drive in the Computer window, and then click Share. Windows Vista displays the properties for the drive with the Sharing tab selected.

The Share button and the File Sharing dialog box are not available.
2.

Click Advanced Sharing.
3.

In the Advanced Sharing dialog box, click Share this folder and specify the share name, permissions, and other settings as needed.
4.

Click OK, and then click Close.

Because the “driveletter$” shares already exist, you cannot share the root of a drive with the name “driveletter$”. However, you can share it with another name, such as “driveletter”. For example, you cannot share the root of your C: drive as “C$”, but you can share it as “C”.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...7037.aspx#EBAA

burrbit · 07-17-08

Under my security tab, i dont have an option for "everybody", i think thats whats preventing me from sharing this.

edit: i just figured out how to do it. for anyone who might have this problem, this is the link that helped me!

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum....html#post8208

thanks guys for the help!

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