Q: I have a apple airport extreme that when I attach a hard drive I can see the hard drive in airport utility but I can not open or use any files. I am on windows xp please help

I have a apple airport extreme that when I attach a hard drive I can see the hard drive in airport utility but I can not open or use any files. I am on windows xp please help

Posted on Dec 2, 2012 8:34 AM

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by Truewb,

Truewb Dec 2, 2012 8:35 AM in response to Truewb
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Dec 2, 2012 8:35 AM in response to Truewb

Yes I formated the hard drive to fat32.
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by Bob Timmons,

Bob Timmons Dec 2, 2012 8:44 AM in response to Truewb
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Dec 2, 2012 8:44 AM in response to Truewb

See this Apple support document for 3 methods to view the hard drive connected to the AirPort Extreme:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1331
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by alanoconnor,

alanoconnor Dec 2, 2012 8:39 AM in response to Truewb
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Dec 2, 2012 8:39 AM in response to Truewb

Airport utility is not for file viewing and editing.... it is just for doing setup and configuration.
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by Truewb,

Truewb Dec 2, 2012 9:58 AM in response to alanoconnor
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Dec 2, 2012 9:58 AM in response to alanoconnor

I understand this but where do I go to see my movie file or music. The utility sees my samsung 500gb hard drive where do I go to access whats in it? Thank you folks for your time just lost right now done alot of research no answers
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