for some reason, now i have lost access to the WD 3TB network drives. I can see them under storage when i access network under window 7. but i cant’ see them under computers on the network. so i cant’ access the files.
strange thing is i can see them fine under imac i have.
it seems like it’s just PCs which are having problem accessing. can you please give me some idea how to fix this problem? they are all under WORKGROUP
i Just noticed the following. if i use WD quickview, the WD network drive is there. when i open it, it does open up. NETWORK/MYWDDRIVE. so i can see it fine. but when i close it, again, i have to go thru that procedure to find this drive… which is strange because before it just showed up a computer attached to network before.
thank you. that’s a work around solution. i can access the network drive thru that. but why is it not showing up as a computer? it was doing that fine before… i have other devices on the network (media players) which were playing files from this drive. now, they can’t access it.
My guess would be you have a master browser election issue on your network. Sometimes hitting F5 to refresh the network screen will pick up the missing network devices.
TonyPh12345 might be able to chime in on that question