Unable to access network drive through explorer anymore

Andybtsn · 21 May 2011 at 19:23

Hi guys,

I have a networked hard drive on my lan, I have it mapped to my My Computer. I store pictures, music etc on there. For some reason everytime I try access it I get the following error:

All other machines on my lan including two laptops and a PS3 can access it. I can ping it ok and web browse onto it but it doesn't show in my network at all.

The only thing that my laptop has on that others don't is Hamatchi, would this have any issue?

Any ideas?

Cheers

PistolPete · 21 May 2011 at 19:31

What does it say in the "see details" bit?

shine · 21 May 2011 at 19:33

Does it work if you use the IP address?

Andybtsn · 21 May 2011 at 19:35

PistolPete said:
What does it say in the "see details" bit?

shine said:
Does it work if you use the IP address?

How do I do that then?

shine · 21 May 2011 at 19:48

Change your command to:

\\ip address\OpenShare

Andybtsn · 21 May 2011 at 19:51

shine said:
Change your command to:

\\ip address\OpenShare

Same error

shine · 21 May 2011 at 19:58

You running any firewall/anti-virus software? If yes, temporarily disable and try and access the share.

deuse · 21 May 2011 at 20:22

I had this on an LG nas I had and what I did was change the ip addy of the Nas fron 192.168.0.4-192.168.0.5 rebooted the pc and it worked.

Worth a try I guess.

Andybtsn · 21 May 2011 at 20:27

shine said:
You running any firewall/anti-virus software? If yes, temporarily disable and try and access the share.

Disabled the windows firewall to no avail.

23JMZ07 · 21 May 2011 at 20:34

Confirm that the other devices are using the same path

GaryH-21 · 21 May 2011 at 21:43

what happens if you try to go to the root of the drive - e.g: \\NETWORKSPACE2\
without the bit at the end

Andybtsn · 25 May 2011 at 22:55

Hi guys,

Sorry for late reply. Still no look. I tried what;s suggested and no luck. The hard drive doesn't even show in Network so something is strange there? There's no way of blocking PC's or anything after logging onto the hard drive so I'm at a loss what it can be

Andybtsn · 25 May 2011 at 22:57

Having said that, I can't see any devices on the network other than my computer...but we're all connected to the same router etc

deuse · 26 May 2011 at 10:42

Have you tried this.."Local Area Connection" and select Properties and then make sure that File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks in NOT unchecked.

Changing the port on the router or if you are running NORTON 360 that has a firewall as well.

EDIT=you could mess around with the NETBIOS over TCP/IP settings.

BunnyKillBot · 26 May 2011 at 17:16

Are there any other/further messages listed in the windows logs?

control panel - administrative tools - event viewer. Somewhere in there you should be able to find the 0x800.... message that you are currently receiving. Check other logs around the same time stamp.

Freddie589 · 26 May 2011 at 17:34

exact same problem here

Andybtsn · 26 May 2011 at 17:36

The error boils down to the hard drive being not found on the network from my laptop's view. I can see the hard drive on other Laptops, PS3 etc, just not this Laptop. The only thing this Laptop picks up is the router and the two Xbox's on the LAN.

Bizarre and really really frustrating. I have no idea what to look for.

Freddie589 · 26 May 2011 at 17:39

Andybtsn said:
The error boils down to the hard drive being not found on the network from my laptop's view. I can see the hard drive on other Laptops, PS3 etc, just not this Laptop. The only thing this Laptop picks up is the router and the two Xbox's on the LAN.

Bizarre and really really frustrating. I have no idea what to look for.

The only things mine picks up are the media devices of the machine im on and the NAS drives media device. Really anoying as all other PC's on the network can see it. Link for my thread is here. May I ask what NAS you are using and what router?