I'm having trouble setting up a Windows 7 Ultimate computer into a NAS. Serious trouble. I've tried a lot of combinations without any success. I've tried sharing, and turing off password protect. I seem to be able to allow "Everyone" full access, but that doesn't seem to apply to users on the LAN. This is only for internal use on my home.
I've been through the interweb and tried to get the setup working with those recommendations without success.
Platform is an E5-2670-based ASROCK Rack Ep2C602-4L/D16 , 32gb mem. I'm using the basic SATA ports, not the Marvel SATA or SCU SATA ports.
I have rebuilt the system with a clean, fresh W7 Ult install, all the drivers installed and HWiNFOo64 for monitoring. In addition to a WD 1T spinner as the system drive, there are 2 Seagate 4T spinner drives I'd like to share. I don't have any problem with the system recognizing, initializing partitioning or formatting the large drives. I just can't get them to appear or make them shareable on the network.
I know this isn't rocket surgery, but I'm just having trouble finding the right combination or that missing parameter to open the drives to open LAN access (no password protection or login required).
I'm requesting a short procedure to make those drives accessible on the LAN without any login or password, just mapped into the individual systems (all W7 or W10) in the house.
Thanks in advance,
Bill
I've been through the interweb and tried to get the setup working with those recommendations without success.
Platform is an E5-2670-based ASROCK Rack Ep2C602-4L/D16 , 32gb mem. I'm using the basic SATA ports, not the Marvel SATA or SCU SATA ports.
I have rebuilt the system with a clean, fresh W7 Ult install, all the drivers installed and HWiNFOo64 for monitoring. In addition to a WD 1T spinner as the system drive, there are 2 Seagate 4T spinner drives I'd like to share. I don't have any problem with the system recognizing, initializing partitioning or formatting the large drives. I just can't get them to appear or make them shareable on the network.
I know this isn't rocket surgery, but I'm just having trouble finding the right combination or that missing parameter to open the drives to open LAN access (no password protection or login required).
I'm requesting a short procedure to make those drives accessible on the LAN without any login or password, just mapped into the individual systems (all W7 or W10) in the house.
Thanks in advance,
Bill