hi, I was wondering what im doing wrong,
I want to make a folder on a portable hdd private (western Digital model WD1600D036)
I have reformatted it to NTSF.
But the tick box is still greyed out,
Any ideas??
spawner 0 Newbie Poster
bobbyraw 16 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
you have to turn off simple file sharing, open my computer, click on tools folder option then the view tab, the in the advance section scroll down and lok for simple file sharing recommended, remove the check mark click ok.
spawner 0 Newbie Poster
open my computer>tools>folder options>view>look for simple file sharing recommended??? if so cannot find it only thing i found was display simple file view, not sharing :S
bobbyraw 16 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
See the image i upload to assist you. if you don't see that option then some thing is seriously wrong with you PC
spawner 0 Newbie Poster
ahh i see, forgot to say im using xphome, that option doesn't show up on home :(
bobbyraw 16 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
do you have NTFS or fat32 file system, right click the hard drive choose properties and look at the drive type. if you have ntfs we can go on to get your folder to be private
spawner 0 Newbie Poster
When I bought the portable hard drive it was fat32, but I formatted it to NTFS.
spawner 0 Newbie Poster
hmm cant see my last post :S
well here goes again lol
I bought the portable hdd it was fat32, I then formatted it to NTSF
Ignore this I see it now :D
bobbyraw 16 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
ok but in Windows XP Home you can't make a folder private unless the foler is under you profile and the account have a password
spawner 0 Newbie Poster
ahh ok, I dont use a password to log into my pc,
also, the external hard drive isnt under any profile
caperjack 875 I hate 20 Questions Team Colleague
ahh ok, I dont use a password to log into my pc,
also, the external hard drive isnt under any profile
when its plugged in it would show under all profiles , profile .
how many users setup on your computer ,you could use 3rd party software to do so .
http://www.password-protect-software.com/protect-folders.html
spawner 0 Newbie Poster
Only 2, i will check to make sure that there isnt any others which arnt used tonight, but yea a third party might be the only way to go.
bobbyraw 16 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
yu will NOT be able to lok the external drive unless you use some 3rd party software. an external drive is like putting in a flash drive any one will have access to it when they are logged on. Google for a program to lock you folders
spawner 0 Newbie Poster
ok thanks
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