Need Help With File Sharing over a network

TheMatt1984 · Aug 8, 2014

ok not sure if this is actually the right place for this so if not i jsut pray it gets moved and not deleted lol
OK
i need help setting up my file sharing over my Home network
i have an OOOOOOLLLLDDD windows xp Laptop and my gaming tower which has 8.1 on it
i've googled my brains out and couldn't find a solution
basically i wanna share a few folders from my 3tb slave drive so i can access them from my XP machine
but apparently just doing the whole, R-click, Properties, share this folder, etc etc isn't enough
i know the folders are supposed to show up on my laptop under my network places
but they wont' show
i had it working before but then my laptop caught a real nasty virus and i had to redo the os -_-
so any help is appreciated
thanks in advance!!!

kenkickr · Aug 8, 2014

Do you have file and print sharing in the firewall settings enabled?

remixedcat · Aug 8, 2014

Go to advanced sharing>permissions>add user "everybody">full control if needed.

if that doesn't work then: on the same list where "everybody" is>add>advanced>find now>select the guests groups/users>click ok>repeat with each desired group/user type>ok to close all dialogs.

TheMatt1984 · Aug 8, 2014

kenkickr said:
Do you have file and print sharing in the firewall settings enabled?

yup i sure do

TheMatt1984 · Aug 8, 2014

remixedcat said:
Go to advanced sharing>permissions>add user "everybody">full control if needed.

if that doesn't work then: on the same list where "everybody" is>add>advanced>find now>select the guests groups/users>click ok>repeat with each desired group/user type>ok to close all dialogs.

tried that.
no go

TheMatt1984 · Aug 8, 2014

also i forgot to mention..
for some odd reason my whole 3tb slave is set to read only and keeps defaulting to that even after i disable it
thoughts?

remixedcat · Aug 8, 2014

I would do some disk checks on that volume. also check stuff like bios, etc.

brandonwh64 · Aug 8, 2014

Can you reach the PC using \\192.168.x.x\ ?

Jetster · Aug 9, 2014

I was never able to do this. I installed 7 on all my PCs to solve the problem. Really shouldn't be that hard but I worked on it for days

newtekie1 · Aug 9, 2014

First we have to figure out if you can even get access to the computer you are trying to share you files from. So on the XP computer go to network places and type \\ComputerName, where ComputerName is the name of the Windows 8 computer you are sharing the files from.

That should allow you to see the share, even if you don't have permission to access it, you will still be able to see that the computer is sharing it. If you get an error and can't access the computer at all, then that is the first hurdle we need to address. It might also ask you for a username and password, put in the username and password for the Windows 8 computer.

Once you have access to the Windows 8 computer and can see the share, double click on it. If it lets you in, then you are golden. If it gives you an error, that is the next hurdle we need to tackle.

TheMatt1984 · Aug 9, 2014

*sigh* nothing works
i also can't get my slave drives files and folders off Read only -_-

UPDATE:
what the...
ALL my drives are on read only

yet they're working as they should...
#confused

TheMatt1984 · Aug 9, 2014

Jetster said:
I was never able to do this. I installed 7 on all my PCs to solve the problem. Really shouldn't be that hard but I worked on it for days

well 7 is NOT and option for my laptop as it requires too much ram, cpu, etc
it's a old dual core with 1gb ram lol

newtekie1 · Aug 9, 2014

TheMatt1984 said:
*sigh* nothing works
i also can't get my slave drives files and folders off Read only -_-

UPDATE:
what the...
ALL my drives are on read only
yet they're working as they should...
#confused

If the read only box has a square in it, that just means some of the files are read only. If it has a check mark that means all the files are read only. It is normal for most folders to show up with a square in the box with Windows 8 for some reason.

Mussels · Aug 9, 2014

this can definitely be made to work, as i do it in my house easily.

that said, there is so many steps along the way you've ignored and not told us about, you REALLY need to go back to the basics and start from scratch.

share a folder, and see if you can connect manually via the IP address of the system.

do NOT ever expect the shares to magically just show up in the networking section of windows XP, that was an old, buggy, almost useless feature that never really worked right.

TheMatt1984 · Aug 10, 2014

odd... i'm positive i replied to this earlier....
where'd my posts go? o.o
regardless

how do i connect manually to my 8.1 machine's share from my xp laptop?
it's under my network places right?

Jetster · Aug 10, 2014

You might be able to manually connect via IP but its not just going to show up under networks

Mussels · Aug 10, 2014

TheMatt1984 said:
odd... i'm positive i replied to this earlier....
where'd my posts go? o.o
regardless

how do i connect manually to my 8.1 machine's share from my xp laptop?
it's under my network places right?

IP and IP only.

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