I have windows xp and have had several usb external drives connected to it for the last 2 years without any issues.
All are shared so i can access them across the network.
I recently purchased a new drive as one of the others was failing, the new drive is a WD Elements 3TB External Desktop Hard Drive USB 2.0.
Since i have added this drive and shared it every time i reboot the sharing settings are lost on the new drive and the existing drives.
I have disconnected the new WD drive and confirmed that without it the sharing settings on the existing drives are not reset.
Please can someone help me resolve this issue?