drive sharing

[hundley]

I have XP professional, upgraded from 98SE. I cannot get
the drive properties box to display the sharing or quota
tab. Is there a way to enable this option? I would like
for the other computer on my home network to be able to
access my hard drive(s) with out having to select each
foler to be shared. Please email me with any advice...

Thanks...

 

[Paul [MSFT]]

Hi Hundley,

The Disk Quota feature requires NTFS. Since your Windows XP install was an
upgrade from Windows 9X, your drive format is probably Fat32.

Please see the following information that may help with FAT32 vs NTFS:

310525 Description of the FAT32 File System in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310525

314463 Limitations of the FAT32 File System in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314463

310749 New Capabilities and Features of the NTFS 3.1File System
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310749

309000 HOW TO: Use Disk Management to Configure Basic Disks in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=309000

307881 HOW TO: Convert a FAT16 or FAT32 Volume to NTFS in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=307881

323563 "Insufficient Disk Space for Conversion" Error Message When You
Convert
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323563

Regarding the Sharing tab, be sure to check that Simple File Sharing is
enabled. Please see this KB Article for more details:

307874 HOW TO: Disable Simplified Sharing and Password-Protect a Shared
Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=307874

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| Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message
| From: "hundley" <[email protected]>
| Sender: "hundley" <[email protected]>
| Subject: drive sharing
| Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 15:28:48 -0800

| I have XP professional, upgraded from 98SE. I cannot get
| the drive properties box to display the sharing or quota
| tab. Is there a way to enable this option? I would like
| for the other computer on my home network to be able to
| access my hard drive(s) with out having to select each
| foler to be shared. Please email me with any advice...
|
| Thanks...
|


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This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Windows XP Security Homepage:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/security/default.asp

Windows 2000 Security Homepage:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/security/default.asp

Top 10 Windows Newsgroups Security Questions:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/newsgroups/default.asp?url=/technet/newsgro
ups/nodepages/sectop10.asp

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Paul Hayes, MCSE
Product Support Services
Microsoft Corporation
(e-mail address removed)