Can't get access to some drives on Win 7 PC from XP

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  1. Posts : 34
    Win 7
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    Can't get access to some drives on Win 7 PC from XP


    Have two PC, the Win 7 PC can see all drives on XP and modify all, the XP can see all drives , but the C: and M: drives say that I have not got permission to access them on the Win 7 PC. I have changed the permission to "full control" on the Win 7 drives and still no access. The other drives on the Win 7 PC I can see and modify etc.

    what's the fix as I'm stumped !!!
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  2. aem
    Posts : 2,698
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
       #2

    So you cannot access c: of your Xp from w7? What have you set full control ? In the Security tab, do u have the account name that you are actually using, will full control there also?
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  3. Posts : 34
    Win 7
    Thread Starter
       #3

    AEM thanks

    No, the other way round can't see C: on Win 7 from XP PC, but can see D: E: etc., but then not see M: drives on the Win 7 PC. The XP PC reports that I do not have access to these two drives, but access to others.
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  4. aem
    Posts : 2,698
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
       #4

    This might sound trivial, but have you checked that your c: have actually been shared out? If so, check the Share permission of C:, try and add actual user name and give it Full Control. Then try again.
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  5. Posts : 34
    Win 7
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Thanks

    Just noticed that the C: & M: drive didn't have Everyone as a user. So added and granted permission to them and "Hey Presto" it now works.


    Many Many thanks

    Fenshome
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  6. aem
    Posts : 2,698
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
       #6

    Fenshome said:
    Thanks

    Just noticed that the C: & M: drive didn't have Everyone as a user. So added and granted permission to them and "Hey Presto" it now works.


    Many Many thanks

    Fenshome
    Good to hear it's working.

    If going thru Explorer is abit slow, you could also try the command line way.

    eg, at command prompt, type \\ipaddresss\sharefoldername.

    This is quicker.
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  7. Posts : 34
    Win 7
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Just rebooted system, and noW can't see the XP machine under network on the Win 7 PC
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  8. aem
    Posts : 2,698
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
       #8

    To me, doesn't matter if it lists under that location or not, if ping works, that's good enough for me to proceed with what i want to do.
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  9. Posts : 34
    Win 7
    Thread Starter
       #9

    Yes I can ping the XP PC not seen in Win 7 file manager
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  10. Posts : 257
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
       #10

    Some times it will take a while to update the netbios information, but it should be pretty snappy.
    Try this on the Win 7 machine
    First make sure that netbios over tcp/ip is enabled in the properties of IPv4 for your network adapter.
    Then in services.msc check and make sure that tcp/ip netbios helper services is started and running
    Then from a command prompt type nbtstat -R
    Then ping the xp machine by ip address
    Then ping the xp machine by computername
    Then type nbtstat -c and see if the correct name and ip association is in the Win 7 nebios cache table
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