Solved Cant connected to a network drive from my Desktop.

This is the storage drive that I'm trying to share. I have only added everyone to this to try and get this working.

It looks to be formatted for NTFS so you should have a Z: drive and it's properties, then you would normally have a Users folder which you should be able to right click to Properties in order to gain access to the Security tab/Sharing tab etc.,

Is this not true with the Z: drive you are trying to share?
 

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I have a C: and a D: in my Homeserver. The C: is only used for the Operating system. The D: is the storage drive that I'm trying to share with my desktop. The D: is NTFS formatted and I do have the option to click on properties Security/Sharing etc.
 

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I have a C: and a D: in my Homeserver. The C: is only used for the Operating system. The D: is the storage drive that I'm trying to share with my desktop. The D: is NTFS formatted and I do have the option to click on properties Security/Sharing etc.

But you had Z: listed as the drive in your first post that is why I referenced that letter, I can only go by what I'm seeing.

To get to the Users folder you would click on the drive then to where it says Users, then right click the Users folder to properties, this isn't complicated at all.
 

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    Windows 8.1 Pro WMC
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    PC/Desktop
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    Home built
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    Q9650 @ 4.05 GHz
    Motherboard
    Gforce 780i SLI FTW
    Memory
    8GB Gskill DDR2 1200Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX-480
    Sound Card
    Asus D2 Xonar
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HannsG
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
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    Gskill 120GB SSD
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Oh Z is the letter I'm assigning the network drive to be on my Desktop.
 

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    ASUS D2x
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    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    240GB Samsung EVO
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    OCZ 700w
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    HAF-X
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    H100
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    Razer Black Widow 2013
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Sorry but I'm lost. Why would you map a drive to a different letter than the drive you need to access?

You can't just have a drive as D then "assign" is as something different and expect to be able to access it.

I mean you could partition the drive then assign the new partition a new drive letter but the drive mapping needs to go to the drive letter you need access to.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro WMC
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home built
    CPU
    Q9650 @ 4.05 GHz
    Motherboard
    Gforce 780i SLI FTW
    Memory
    8GB Gskill DDR2 1200Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX-480
    Sound Card
    Asus D2 Xonar
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HannsG
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Gskill 120GB SSD
    PSU
    Thermal Take 1000watts
    Case
    Thermal Take Xtreme
    Cooling
    9 fans air cooled
    Keyboard
    G15 logitech
    Mouse
    G9 logitech
    Internet Speed
    50mbps
Well its working. On my laptops etc.

Its also working on my desktop. I have just tried uninstalling the NIC in device manager and restarted my PC and reinstalled the driver. This was one of the first things I tried but for some reason it didn't work back then...

Thanks for your help anyway.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    CPU
    FX-8150
    Motherboard
    ASUS M5A97-PRO
    Memory
    16GB Corsair Vengance
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX-680
    Sound Card
    ASUS D2x
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    240GB Samsung EVO
    PSU
    OCZ 700w
    Case
    HAF-X
    Cooling
    H100
    Keyboard
    Razer Black Widow 2013
    Mouse
    Razer Deathadder
    Internet Speed
    SHIZZLE 300Kbps
    Antivirus
    Norton Premier 360
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