vista blocking shared system drive winxp dual boot

I installed Vista on my the E drive of my system, creating a dual boot with WinXP SP2 on the first partition (logical C drive) and Vista on the second partition (logical E drive). Prior to installing Vista, I used the E drive as my shared drive. Following Vista installation, I find the E drive can no longer be accessed.
Looking at the Shared Folders/Shares from WinXP MMC, I find there is a new "user" S-1-5-956008885-..." which is shown under Users or Groups along with Administrator, Creator Owner, System, and Users (in Shares).
Any ideas?
ThommyG

I've found Vista doesn't allow access to parts of its drive from other os's, so I don't think it is a good idea to install it on a drive you want to share between two os's. Vista's security is pretty tight. I assume you meant you couldn't access the e drive from your other operating system.
"ThommyG" wrote:

I installed Vista on my the E drive of my system, creating a dual boot with WinXP SP2 on the first partition (logical C drive) and Vista on the second partition (logical E drive). Prior to installing Vista, I used the E drive as my shared drive. Following Vista installation, I find the E drive can no longer be accessed.
Looking at the Shared Folders/Shares from WinXP MMC, I find there is a new "user" S-1-5-956008885-..." which is shown under Users or Groups along with Administrator, Creator Owner, System, and Users (in Shares).
Any ideas?
ThommyG

Actually I can get to the drive from my console, but I can't get to it from other PCs on the network (as I had been doing). If I uninstall Vista, do you expect the drive access will be restored?
ThommyG "Jo" wrote in message

I've found Vista doesn't allow access to parts of its drive from other os's, so I don't think it is a good idea to install it on a drive you want to share between two os's. Vista's security is pretty tight. I assume you meant you couldn't access the e drive from your other operating system.
"ThommyG" wrote:
I installed Vista on my the E drive of my system, creating a dual boot with WinXP SP2 on the first partition (logical C drive) and Vista on the second partition (logical E drive). Prior to installing Vista, I used the E drive as my shared drive. Following Vista installation, I find the E drive can no longer be accessed.
Looking at the Shared Folders/Shares from WinXP MMC, I find there is a new "user" S-1-5-956008885-..." which is shown under Users or Groups along with Administrator, Creator Owner, System, and Users (in Shares).
Any ideas?
ThommyG

Check the file and folder permissions, not the sharing permissions. May be Vista had changed some permissions and you need to re-enable the user's permissions on files and folders.
Anyway, as Jo said, use a different drive or partition than the OS to use as shared.
Fernando
ThommyG escribió:

Actually I can get to the drive from my console, but I can't get to it from other PCs on the network (as I had been doing). If I uninstall Vista, do you expect the drive access will be restored?
ThommyG "Jo" wrote in message I've found Vista doesn't allow access to parts of its drive from other os's, so I don't think it is a good idea to install it on a drive you want to share between two os's. Vista's security is pretty tight. I assume you meant you couldn't access the e drive from your other operating system.
"ThommyG" wrote:
I installed Vista on my the E drive of my system, creating a dual boot with WinXP SP2 on the first partition (logical C drive) and Vista on the second partition (logical E drive). Prior to installing Vista, I used the E drive as my shared drive. Following Vista installation, I find the E drive can no longer be accessed.
Looking at the Shared Folders/Shares from WinXP MMC, I find there is a new "user" S-1-5-956008885-..." which is shown under Users or Groups along with Administrator, Creator Owner, System, and Users (in Shares).
Any ideas?
ThommyG

"ThommyG" wrote in message

Actually I can get to the drive from my console, but I can't get to it from other PCs on the network (as I had been doing). If I uninstall Vista, do you expect the drive access will be restored?

I'm curious how you anticipate "uninstalling" Vista. The only way to uninstall an operating system that I am aware of is to either delete or reformat the partition. So, if that is your plan, yes, after reformatting the partition that currently is being used by Vista, you will have access to the partition from other parts of the network.

I am curious too but don't seean option on forum 'watch this post'
"Mark D. VandenBeg" wrote:

"ThommyG" wrote in message Actually I can get to the drive from my console, but I can't get to it from other PCs on the network (as I had been doing). If I uninstall Vista, do you expect the drive access will be restored?
I'm curious how you anticipate "uninstalling" Vista. The only way to uninstall an operating system that I am aware of is to either delete or reformat the partition. So, if that is your plan, yes, after reformatting the partition that currently is being used by Vista, you will have access to the partition from other parts of the network.