[JenniferJade]

Hi Everyone,

I have an external hard drive connected to my computer via USB. I want other computers on my network to be able to write on the drive as well.

The external hd has been formatted to NTFS. I proceeded to right-click>Properties>Sharing. In the Sharing tab, I checked off both boxes under the heading "Network sharing and security". After mapping this networked drive on a co-worker's computer, I get an error saying "Cannot copy [insert filename]: Access is denied. Make sure that the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currenlty in use."

I have set up shared drives in the past and this method has never failed me. Is there something I'm forgetting?



-Jenn

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Click on the Security tab in the properties and add the other user with at least modify permissions. Try to see if they can write to it than.

[jaxisland]

Click on the Security tab in the properties and add the other user with at least modify permissions. Try to see if they can write to it than.

[JenniferJade]

Hi thanks for the reply.

I don't see a Security tab under the external drive's Properties. I only see General, AutoPlay, Tools, Hardware, Sharing, and Quota. Under Sharing, I checked off the box that says "Allow network users to change my files".

[jaxisland]

Go to My Computer -> Tools -> View
At the bottom uncheck Use Simply File Sharing

Then look at the shared folders properties, it should be there.

[JenniferJade]

Ouu how exciting! Thanks it worked!

[jaxisland]

Glad it worked out for you