Cranky folders on external hard drive

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I believe this problem is related to Windows (or my fingers), not to

anything inherent in the external HD mentioned below. Hopefully, this

is the correct group for this question:



I have two computers running Windows XP Pro w/SP3, and a Seagate

external HD which normally resides on the desktop machine. Beginning a

month ago, I needed to work remotely, so I'd copy a couple of data

folders from desktop to the external HD, and then plug that into the

laptop to transfer the files. This worked for 3 weeks.* But this past

weekend, I used the laptop to create a new folder on the external HD,

added some files, and when I moved the external HD to the desktop to

grab the files, I was greeted with a msg saying "E:\foldername is not

accessible. Access is denied.".



I was curious, so I did the reverse: Working on the desktop, created a

new folder on the external HD, added a few files, and then plugged the

external HD into the laptop. Same problem.



Any clues would be appreciated. I *think* I found one at the Microsoft

web site, but I'm not sure. It suggests that I turn OFF simple file

sharing on the desktop and take ownership of the stubborn folder.

There are two reasons I haven't tried this yet: First, downtime on the

desktop is not an option - it's used for work, and I don't know the

other ramifications of disabling simple file sharing. Second, simple

file sharing is already OFF at the laptop, and it's having the same

problem with folders created by the desktop. So, why would it help on

the desktop?



Help!



* The laptop was nowhere near the desktop machine, or I would've

networked the two rather than use the external HD as the intermediary.

They've since been networked (through my Linksys router), but that

won't always be the case, so I need to solve this problem.
 
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> I believe this problem is related to Windows (or my fingers), not to

> anything inherent in the external HD mentioned below. Hopefully, this

> is the correct group for this question:

>

> I have two computers running Windows XP Pro w/SP3, and a Seagate

> external HD which normally resides on the desktop machine. Beginning a

> month ago, I needed to work remotely, so I'd copy a couple of data

> folders from desktop to the external HD, and then plug that into the

> laptop to transfer the files. This worked for 3 weeks.* But this past

> weekend, I used the laptop to create a new folder on the external HD,

> added some files, and when I moved the external HD to the desktop to

> grab the files, I was greeted with a msg saying "E:\foldername is not

> accessible. Access is denied.".

>

> I was curious, so I did the reverse: Working on the desktop, created a

> new folder on the external HD, added a few files, and then plugged the

> external HD into the laptop. Same problem.

>

> Any clues would be appreciated. I *think* I found one at the Microsoft

> web site, but I'm not sure. It suggests that I turn OFF simple file

> sharing on the desktop and take ownership of the stubborn folder.

> There are two reasons I haven't tried this yet: First, downtime on the

> desktop is not an option - it's used for work, and I don't know the

> other ramifications of disabling simple file sharing. Second, simple

> file sharing is already OFF at the laptop, and it's having the same

> problem with folders created by the desktop. So, why would it help on

> the desktop?

>

> Help!

>

> * The laptop was nowhere near the desktop machine, or I would've

> networked the two rather than use the external HD as the intermediary.

> They've since been networked (through my Linksys router), but that

> won't always be the case, so I need to solve this problem.



Make sure to log on under the same account name/password on the two

machines.
 
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> I believe this problem is related to Windows (or my fingers), not

> to anything inherent in the external HD mentioned below.

> Hopefully, this is the correct group for this question:

>

> I have two computers running Windows XP Pro w/SP3, and a Seagate

> external HD which normally resides on the desktop machine.

> Beginning a month ago, I needed to work remotely, so I'd copy a

> couple of data folders from desktop to the external HD, and then

> plug that into the laptop to transfer the files. This worked for 3

> weeks.* But this past weekend, I used the laptop to create a new

> folder on the external HD, added some files, and when I moved the

> external HD to the desktop to grab the files, I was greeted with a

> msg saying "E:\foldername is not accessible. Access is denied.".

>

> I was curious, so I did the reverse: Working on the desktop,

> created a new folder on the external HD, added a few files, and

> then plugged the external HD into the laptop. Same problem.

>

> Any clues would be appreciated. I *think* I found one at the

> Microsoft web site, but I'm not sure. It suggests that I turn OFF

> simple file sharing on the desktop and take ownership of the

> stubborn folder. There are two reasons I haven't tried this yet:

> First, downtime on the desktop is not an option - it's used for

> work, and I don't know the other ramifications of disabling simple

> file sharing. Second, simple file sharing is already OFF at the

> laptop, and it's having the same problem with folders created by

> the desktop. So, why would it help on the desktop?

>

> Help!

>

> * The laptop was nowhere near the desktop machine, or I would've

> networked the two rather than use the external HD as the

> intermediary. They've since been networked (through my Linksys

> router), but that won't always be the case, so I need to solve

> this problem.

>



Presumably, this is an external disk that is formatted NTFS. Assuming

this is the case, try this:

After you create one of these folders, Right-click on it, then:

Properties -> Security (Tab)

Then click on the "Add" button and in the box, enter the user

"Everyone" then click "OK". You are then back to the properties window

with "Everyone" selected in the upper window. In the lower window,

click "Full Control - Allow" box. Click on "Advanced" and verify that

"Inherit from Parent..." is checked, then OK your way out of

everything.



HTH,

John
 
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