Windows 7 doesn't keep drive shares

Question

I have a external drive array attached via eSata to my computer. I share this drive out on the network so that I can access the files on my other computer. However, the drive always loses its share after a few days and has to be setup again. I usually turn the drive off at night and the computers are often on without the drive being on.

Any ideas? Both computers are Windows 7 x64 Pro.

Answer 1

You want to leave the drive on and seeing if your settings are still changing after that.

Here's a link that has some troubleshooting tips at the end of it (as well as some other information about the shared drives) that you might find some help in:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Share-files-with-someone

Good luck!