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| Thread ID: 114359 | 2010-11-30 00:45:00 | Sharing External Hard Drive over Network Runs a Setup | w000t (11562) | Press F1 |
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| 1157392 | 2010-11-30 00:45:00 | Hi all Trying to share my western digital external hard drive up over a network between 2 computers. I have the hard drive plugged into a desktop PC and share it with a laptop over a wireless network. On the laptop I can access the external hard drive but only if I right click it and select open or explore. If i just double click the hard drive network folder it runs a setup from the hard drive. It is the western digital setup. I have tried running the setup to see if it would go away once installed but it will not. Any ideas? Thanks |
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| 1157393 | 2010-11-30 00:52:00 | Did you share a folder on it?? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1157394 | 2010-11-30 00:55:00 | I am trying to share the whole hard drive, not just a folder. I right clicked the 'My Book' icon in My Computer and then clicked share to share the file over the network but then I have the problem I described. |
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| 1157395 | 2010-11-30 00:57:00 | right mouse on the hdd then share it. What versions of windows are on these things? And what firewalls are installed if any? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1157396 | 2010-11-30 00:58:00 | Map the drive as a network drive | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1157397 | 2010-11-30 01:00:00 | Yes I have done the right click and share thing. XP Desktop to Vista Laptop. Just using windows firewalls. On the Vista Laptop when I go into the network folder I see the HDD there and if I double click it, it will run the Western Digital Setup. I have tried to delete it off the HDD but then when double clicking it from the Laptop it wont open. The only way I can access the HDD on the laptop is by right clicking it under Network and clicking Explore. I want to be able to bypass the Install or Run Program option. |
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| 1157398 | 2010-11-30 01:02:00 | Try what Gary said then | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1157399 | 2010-11-30 01:03:00 | Same result :\ . | w000t (11562) | ||
| 1157400 | 2010-11-30 01:07:00 | Whats on it then? Is there anything on it. Might have to take ownership of it first | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1157401 | 2010-11-30 01:07:00 | Have resorted to sending a shortcut to the desktop and be accessing it from there. Thanks for the help :) |
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