Guest Athena Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Hello, I have a large HD connected a Windows XP Home computer. I want to use this drive as a backup drive from a Vista OS computer. It turns out Home version of XP does not allow drive shares across a network. a) Is there a way around this limitation? b) Can I install Windows XP pro over existing Home edition without wiping existing system? Thank you, Athena
Guest 3c273 Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Re: Windows XP Home and Disk Share I don't have XP but can't you create a folder on the drive called "Backup" and share that? Louis "Athena" <hiittite@gmail.com> wrote in message news:A4AC0F04-053A-46F7-B79A-74F7E7DE724A@microsoft.com... > Hello, > > I have a large HD connected a Windows XP Home computer. I want to use > this drive as a backup drive from a Vista OS computer. It turns out Home > version of XP does not allow drive shares across a network. > > a) Is there a way around this limitation? > b) Can I install Windows XP pro over existing Home edition without > wiping existing system? > > Thank you, > > Athena >
Guest 3c273 Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Re: Windows XP Home and Disk Share That should be "I don't have XP "HOME". Louis "3c273" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message news:fbporu02vg0@enews4.newsguy.com... > I don't have XP but can't you create a folder on the drive called "Backup" > and share that? > Louis > > "Athena" <hiittite@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:A4AC0F04-053A-46F7-B79A-74F7E7DE724A@microsoft.com... > > Hello, > > > > I have a large HD connected a Windows XP Home computer. I want to use > > this drive as a backup drive from a Vista OS computer. It turns out Home > > version of XP does not allow drive shares across a network. > > > > a) Is there a way around this limitation? > > b) Can I install Windows XP pro over existing Home edition without > > wiping existing system? > > > > Thank you, > > > > Athena > > > >
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Re: Windows XP Home and Disk Share On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 16:17:46 -0400, "Athena" <hiittite@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a large HD connected a Windows XP Home computer. I want to use > this drive as a backup drive from a Vista OS computer. It turns out Home > version of XP does not allow drive shares across a network. That's not correct. Windows XP Home can do this just fine. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Malke Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 Re: Windows XP Home and Disk Share Athena wrote: > Hello, > > I have a large HD connected a Windows XP Home computer. I want to use > this drive as a backup drive from a Vista OS computer. It turns out Home > version of XP does not allow drive shares across a network. > > a) Is there a way around this limitation? > b) Can I install Windows XP pro over existing Home edition without > wiping existing system? > > Thank you, > > Athena Your information is incorrect. XP Home has no problems with network drive shares. Your problems are caused by something else. If you are getting any error messages, please quote the exact text. It would also be useful to know what backup program you have. If you are unsure what details to include in your next post so you can get focused help, please see this link: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers http://www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Guest Athena Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Re: Windows XP Home and Disk Share "... The network share cannot be on a computer running Windows XP Home (0x81000002A)..... This is the error message one gets when when runs "Backup and Restore Center" from Vista to backup files from it to a drive on Windows XP Home computer for a folder with full access rights (How do I know that, well I can copy files manually without problem to it!) So, 1) Create identical user accounts and passwords on both WinXP and Vista machines. You can still boot directly to the desktop into whatever account you like for convenience. Assign permissions to the folder accordingly. 2) Run Backup and Restore Center from Vista. 3) Choose a folder on a network drive connected Win XP Home machine as backup location 4) Enter the same username and password for both accounts 5) You will get the error I've given above Tell me then what is wrong? Error message is coming from MS Vista Business. I did not make it up. Athena "Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:%23ebw4tM8HHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Athena wrote:to it) >> Hello, >> >> I have a large HD connected a Windows XP Home computer. I want to use >> this drive as a backup drive from a Vista OS computer. It turns out Home >> version of XP does not allow drive shares across a network. >> >> a) Is there a way around this limitation? >> b) Can I install Windows XP pro over existing Home edition without >> wiping existing system? >> >> Thank you, >> >> Athena > > Your information is incorrect. XP Home has no problems with network drive > shares. Your problems are caused by something else. If you are getting any > error messages, please quote the exact text. It would also be useful to > know what backup program you have. If you are unsure what details to > include in your next post so you can get focused help, please see this > link: > > http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > > > Malke > -- > Elephant Boy Computers > http://www.elephantboycomputers.com > "Don't Panic!" > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Guest Malke Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Re: Windows XP Home and Disk Share Athena wrote: > "... The network share cannot be on a computer running Windows XP Home > (0x81000002A)..... > > This is the error message one gets when when runs "Backup and Restore > Center" from Vista to backup files from it to a drive on Windows XP Home > computer for a folder with full access rights (How do I know that, well > I can copy files manually without problem to it!) > > So, > > 1) Create identical user accounts and passwords on both WinXP and Vista > machines. You can > still boot directly to the desktop into whatever account you like for > convenience. Assign permissions to the folder accordingly. > 2) Run Backup and Restore Center from Vista. > 3) Choose a folder on a network drive connected Win XP Home machine as > backup location > 4) Enter the same username and password for both accounts > 5) You will get the error I've given above > > Tell me then what is wrong? Error message is coming from MS Vista > Business. I did not make it up. > I didn't say you made anything up. I simply asked you to explain what you were doing and with what program. Apparently the Vista Backup program is pretty crippled. Use something else. Suggestions: 1. Acronis True Image - does imaging and incremental backups - http://www.acronis.com 2. Second Copy - does backups but no imaging - http://www.centered.com Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers http://www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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