Sharing a folder and subfolders easily?

Hi all.

I hope this isn't OT - most stuff here seems hardware related, but here
goes.

Is there a way to share a folder/drive on a network, and any sub-folders
within it, without individually enabling each one?

I've got a drive on one machine that I'd like browsable on my home network,
and I'm sure there must be a way to share it all?

You'd think that a quick Google would do this, but I couldn't find an
answer.

Cheers

"Steve Olive" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to share a folder/drive on a network, and any sub-folders
> within it, without individually enabling each one?

That is exactly what happens. That is, if you share a directory, its
contents, including any subdirectories (recursively), are shared. However,
if the directory you share is on an NTFS partition, permissions on the
subdirectories may restrict access.

Alex

"Steve Olive" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi all.
>
> I hope this isn't OT - most stuff here seems hardware related, but here
> goes.
>
> Is there a way to share a folder/drive on a network, and any sub-folders
> within it, without individually enabling each one?
>
> I've got a drive on one machine that I'd like browsable on my home
> network, and I'm sure there must be a way to share it all?
>
> You'd think that a quick Google would do this, but I couldn't find an
> answer.
>
> Cheers
I share my- My pictures with both my desktop and laptop from a external
HDD. I did share my docs but now I use synctoy to keep both computers in
sync with the backup on the external drive. So I have 3 copies. My picks,
music and vids are not in my docs just office and such

Thanks, I'll go and see why it doesn't work then...................


"Alex Fraser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Steve Olive" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:_(E-Mail Removed)...
> [snip]
>> Is there a way to share a folder/drive on a network, and any sub-folders
>> within it, without individually enabling each one?
>
> That is exactly what happens. That is, if you share a directory, its
> contents, including any subdirectories (recursively), are shared. However,
> if the directory you share is on an NTFS partition, permissions on the
> subdirectories may restrict access.
>
> Alex
>