I have a My Book World “with blue rings” and I have once (several years ago)split it into two partitions,one Public and one not.
The problem now is that I can´t access that part of it from one of my PCs but I can from the other one.
It wants my “network password” to access it but I tried all possible passwords and usernames and still “no go”…
It has no problem accessing the Public part.
The PC having problem is a HP DV6 and running W/7 64bit.
The one not having this issue is a Compaq mini PC with XP SP3.
As a matter of fact the mini PC also can access the HP in the network and see files there,since I have “filesharing” activated on both and they are connected to the same network,but not the reverse.
Must be something I have done wrong with the settings but i can´t figure out what!
I have Microsoft Security Essentlials and only Windows firewall on the HP.
Thank you Wizer for your help. However MyBook only has a ‘Shared Storage Manager’. Nowhere (book, cd,…) is an reference for your ‘network storage manager’. As marked before this hidden (?) folder can’t be seen in the ‘Shared Storage Manger’ either.
I only can view or manage ‘public’ folders. No other options are visible/possible. These folders can be managed and deleted very well.
Thank you very much Wizer for all your replies and valuable help. You’re one of a kind!
Your last issue (ID1672) clarified everything.
However, I feeling being deceived by WD as I bought and paid a Network drive with a capacity of 500Gbyte while afterwards, only 320GByte is available for the user. In fact this is a waste of 36%.
I believe it’s not a bad idea to look out for better efficiency for future projects.
However I can’t find any option to reset this unit to the factory settings.
The My Book World Edition Configuration Maganger shows on the ‘Drive Manage’ menu only the option: Savely Remove USB Drive’, while the manual lists two other menues like: ‘Clear Drive Type’ and ‘Format New Internal Drive’.
The manual doesn’t mention something on how to reset to Factory Settings.
For being complete: WD MyBook World Edition 500GB WDG1NC5000E – WD5000G032
Firmware: 2.00.19
I previously deleted all shared folders, however I can’t format this thing and I can’t see the drive in the Disk Management.
Holding the ‘reset’ button’ in what way or another only resets the admin password.
I’m looking forward to read the ‘hidden’ instructions on how to format the drive and how to reset to factory settings.
Meanwhile I have all the respect for your input and help!