mpiedlourde
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I use a network hard drive connected to my router for media storage, and it never had any problems when I ran Windows 7. I recently upgraded one PC to Windows 8, and now that PC cannot connect to the network drive. The drive does not show up under "Network" in the explorer sidebar. It still shows up as a mapped drive under "Network Locations," (which was set up before the upgrade) but Windows 8 sees it as Offline. The drive still works perfectly with the other PCs in the house (all of which still run Windows 7), so it definitely seems to be a problem with 8. Any thoughts on what might have changed between 7 and 8 that is preventing the PC from seeing the network drive?
Edit: It may help to add that all of the PCs and the network drive are connected to the router via ethernet cable (in other words, it's not a wifi issue), and the Windows 8 PC can see the other PCs on the network with no problem.
Edit: It may help to add that all of the PCs and the network drive are connected to the router via ethernet cable (in other words, it's not a wifi issue), and the Windows 8 PC can see the other PCs on the network with no problem.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 7/8
- CPU
- AMD Phenom II X4 955
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT
- Memory
- 4GB Mushkin Silverline
- Graphics Card(s)
- ATI Radeon HD 5770
- Screen Resolution
- 1080p
- Hard Drives
- Seagate Barracuda 2TB