Charlie1819

Q: How can I access a shared drive in window?

Hi

I have connected a 320GB hard drive to my Airport Extreme and it is all great. I can access it from my MacBook Air but when going onto Windows I cannot see it? I have tried the 'Map Network Drive' about 50 times and it never works! When looking on Airport Utility (on Windows) and I see it. I've looked at other discussions but they keep on going on about AEPS and such that I have no idea about! Could someone give me a step by step instructions on how to access my shared drive?

Thanks

Posted on Jan 30, 2014 11:27 AM

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  • by Axeman1020,

    Axeman1020 Axeman1020 Jan 30, 2014 11:33 AM in response to Charlie1819
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    Jan 30, 2014 11:33 AM in response to Charlie1819

    AirPort: How to mount an AirPort Extreme USB hard disk volume in Mac OS X and Windows

     

    How is the drive formated?

    Make sure it is formatted as FAT.

  • by Charlie1819,

    Charlie1819 Charlie1819 Jan 30, 2014 11:46 AM in response to Axeman1020
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    Jan 30, 2014 11:46 AM in response to Axeman1020

    Ok, I've done that. How do I access it from a windows computer?

  • by Axeman1020,

    Axeman1020 Axeman1020 Jan 30, 2014 11:48 AM in response to Charlie1819
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    Jan 30, 2014 11:48 AM in response to Charlie1819

    Mounting using AirPort Base Station Agent

    1. Launch the AirPort Base Station Agent from C:\\Program Files\AirPort\
    2. Ensure that the task bar menu is enabled from AirPort Disks
    3. Click the AirPort Base Station Agent icon in the Taskbar
    4. Enter the user name and password

    Mounting by mapping a Network Drive

    1. Go to My Computer (Start > My Computer)
    2. From the menu, pull down Tools and select "Map Network Drive"
    3. Enter a drive letter that is not in use (for example, "Z")
    4. Enter the path to the drive. This is formatted as: \\IPaddress\drivename (for example, \\10.0.1.1\mydrive)

    Mounting using Server Connection

    1. Select Start > Run and enter the IP address of the AirPort Extreme Base Station (802.11n). (by default \\10.0.1.1)
    2. When prompted, enter a username and password
    3. A window will open containing folders for each hard drive connected to the AirPort Extreme Base Station (802.11n)
  • by Charlie1819,

    Charlie1819 Charlie1819 Jan 30, 2014 12:12 PM in response to Axeman1020
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    Jan 30, 2014 12:12 PM in response to Axeman1020

    1. Won't let me open APAgent.exe

    2. Tried but kept asking me to enter User and Passoword again and again

    3. Tried but it says "Windows cannot find '10.0.1.1' etc.

  • by Tesserax,

    Tesserax Tesserax Jan 30, 2014 12:30 PM in response to Charlie1819
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    Jan 30, 2014 12:30 PM in response to Charlie1819

    Two things:

     

    1. Which exact version of Windows are you running?
    2. Be sure that both the AirPort's base station name and the name of the shared volume does not include any spaces.
  • by Axeman1020,

    Axeman1020 Axeman1020 Jan 30, 2014 12:31 PM in response to Charlie1819
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    Jan 30, 2014 12:31 PM in response to Charlie1819

    1. Try uninstalling the Airport Utility, reboot and reinstall.

    2. Did you setup users for the drive in the Airport Utility?

    3. Are you sure that is the IP address? You can use the Airport Utility on the Mac to verify the IP address.

     

    Does it show up in Network?

  • by Charlie1819,

    Charlie1819 Charlie1819 Jan 30, 2014 1:43 PM in response to Axeman1020
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    Jan 30, 2014 1:43 PM in response to Axeman1020

    Answers:

    Tesserax

    1. Windows xp Professional V5.1

    2. Name of Airport Extreme: Charles' Airport Extreme

     

    Axeman 1020

    1. Ok, I'll try

    2. No

    3. I've found two different IP Addresses: A LAN IP Address = 10.0.1.1 and also an IP Address = 82.38.211.229

     

    I don't think so, but I'm trying to access it on Windows

  • by Axeman1020,

    Axeman1020 Axeman1020 Jan 30, 2014 2:12 PM in response to Charlie1819
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    Jan 30, 2014 2:12 PM in response to Charlie1819

    10.0.1.1 is the one you want.

     

    By Network I mean in Windows.

    Go to  Network Places (I think that is what XP calls it).

    If the Airport is listed open it and see if the drive is listed.

  • by Axeman1020,

    Axeman1020 Axeman1020 Jan 30, 2014 3:16 PM in response to Charlie1819
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    Jan 30, 2014 3:16 PM in response to Charlie1819

    Just a couple of thoughts.

    Airport USB disk sharing requires Windows Xp SP3 or later. Do you have Service Pack 3 installed?

     

    What kind of disk security do you have set?

    Account, device password or disk password?

    It is probably simplest to set a disk password so that it is the same for both Mac & PC access.

  • by Bob Timmons,

    Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Jan 30, 2014 6:08 PM in response to Charlie1819
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    Jan 30, 2014 6:08 PM in response to Charlie1819

    Name of Airport Extreme: Charles' Airport Extreme

    There is virtually no chance that Windows will work with this.

     

    The name needs to be short.....no more than 20 characters

    No blank spaces....as Tesserax has already mentioned

    No special characters in the name....like an apostrophe

     

    airportextreme

     

    Might have a chance

  • by Axeman1020,

    Axeman1020 Axeman1020 Jan 30, 2014 7:05 PM in response to Bob Timmons
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    Jan 30, 2014 7:05 PM in response to Bob Timmons

    For what it is worth, I have a Time Capsule.

    It is named "Axeman's Airport Time Capsule" and it shows up in Windows just fine.

    Of course, it is a Time Capsule and not an AirPort Extreme and I am running Windows 7 not XP.

  • by Tesserax,

    Tesserax Tesserax Jan 30, 2014 8:44 PM in response to Charlie1819
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    Jan 30, 2014 8:44 PM in response to Charlie1819

    Answers:

    Tesserax

    1. Windows xp Professional V5.1

    2. Name of Airport Extreme: Charles' Airport Extreme

    Ok, especially for Windows XP, you will need to shorten that and remove any special characters and the spaces. Use something like CharlesAE. Again same thing for the disk volume name that you are going to share.