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July 7th 07, 06:38 PM
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Lost Visibility of NAS Drive
On a network comprising two PC's (one Vista Home Premium, one XP SP2) and NAS
drive, visibility of the NAS drive in 'Computer' has disappeared from the Vista machine, although the drive is accessible from a desktop shortcut. Any suggestions how visibility may be restored in 'Computer'. TIA 
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July 7th 07, 07:09 PM
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Lost Visibility of NAS Drive
Llew Ralph wrote:
On a network comprising two PC's (one Vista Home Premium, one XP SP2) and NAS drive, visibility of the NAS drive in 'Computer' has disappeared from the Vista machine, although the drive is accessible from a desktop shortcut. Any suggestions how visibility may be restored in 'Computer'. The problem is that most NAS devices run an embedded version of Linux and Vista doesn't play well with Samba (the protocol used to share files/folders between *nix and Windows systems). Because this is an embedded OS, you can't normally just change your smb.conf file. Your first step is to contact the NAS mftr. to see if there is a firmware update that will make the device compatible with Vista. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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July 7th 07, 08:42 PM
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Lost Visibility of NAS Drive
OK, but it had been visible in 'Computer' for four months but has only just
become hidden. "Malke" wrote: Llew Ralph wrote: On a network comprising two PC's (one Vista Home Premium, one XP SP2) and NAS drive, visibility of the NAS drive in 'Computer' has disappeared from the Vista machine, although the drive is accessible from a desktop shortcut. Any suggestions how visibility may be restored in 'Computer'. The problem is that most NAS devices run an embedded version of Linux and Vista doesn't play well with Samba (the protocol used to share files/folders between *nix and Windows systems). Because this is an embedded OS, you can't normally just change your smb.conf file. Your first step is to contact the NAS mftr. to see if there is a firmware update that will make the device compatible with Vista. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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July 7th 07, 09:44 PM
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Lost Visibility of NAS Drive
Llew Ralph wrote:
OK, but it had been visible in 'Computer' for four months but has only just become hidden. Don't know. What changed between the time things worked and the time they didn't? If "only just" means a few days, try a System Restore to when things worked. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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July 7th 07, 10:36 PM
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Lost Visibility of NAS Drive
Hi
I have the same problem. I have Qnap TS-101 NAS server. Sometimes its partitions are shown under Network drives other times they do not appear, instead its twonky server shows. However at all times I am able to map to a partition on it. Strange.. Havent found a solution yet Carlo "Malke" wrote: Llew Ralph wrote: OK, but it had been visible in 'Computer' for four months but has only just become hidden. Don't know. What changed between the time things worked and the time they didn't? If "only just" means a few days, try a System Restore to when things worked. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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November 4th 07, 09:32 PM
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Lost Visibility of NAS Drive
Hi, New to Vista. been running 2 NAS servers for ove a year and 4 XP pro
machines. Do not have any problems with XP, but Vista does not want to play ball. Ii have turned off all fire walls etc and it still hangs when looking at the NAS drives. Just to prove a point, I installed a virtual copy of XP in Vista, and what do you know, it can see the NAS drives. Before you ask, yes its fully updated Vista Ult (32bit). Something is wrong with Vista ! "Carlo" wrote: Hi I have the same problem. I have Qnap TS-101 NAS server. Sometimes its partitions are shown under Network drives other times they do not appear, instead its twonky server shows. However at all times I am able to map to a partition on it. Strange.. Havent found a solution yet Carlo "Malke" wrote: Llew Ralph wrote: OK, but it had been visible in 'Computer' for four months but has only just become hidden. Don't know. What changed between the time things worked and the time they didn't? If "only just" means a few days, try a System Restore to when things worked. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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