HDD Sharing Cockup

[danza]

Earlier on, in my infinite wisdom might I add, I decided it would be good to change the sharing options of my HDD which has my XP install on, whilst in Vista.

Little did I know that this rendered the drive inaccessible whilst in XP, meaning I can't really do much with it at all.

Is there a way to change what I've done? I notice now that a user icon appears next to the drive icon. I can't seem to shift it after trying several things. Is there any way I can revert to default sharing settings and once again allow access to files etc on the disk when in XP? I'm currently unable to access 'sharing' or 'security' in drive properties in XP.

 

[Hamster]

Try this in XP:
Open 'My Computer', Tools/Folder Options/View tab and if there is a tick in 'Use simple file sharing' (bottom of list) then untick it. Now you should be able to get into the security tab of the drive's properties. Then take ownership of the drive by adding the Administrator account (i'm assuming you log in as Administrator) to the 'Group or Usernames' window, then apply 'full control' or whichever options you like in the window beneath. I like your artwork by the way!!

 

[danza]

Awesome, that seems to have done the job.

Much thanks!

 

[Hamster]

No problems danza. Glad it worked.