Problem sharing hard drive on network

[rightmark]

Hi
I'd like my son to be able to connect to the hard drive on my computer where I have my GBPVR recordings from his computer in his bedroom. The recordings are on a 500Gb IDE hard drive but when I set it up to allow sharing I cannot connect to it from his computer - I get a dialogue box up saying there is not enough server storage. If I put shared access on my other hard drive (160Gb SATA) there is not a problem with my son's computer accessing it. Is the size of the IDE drive a problem or is there a way of working round this? I'd like to use the larger drive as the 160Gb one fills up rather quickly!
Cheers

[McBainUK]

What OS have you got on the server and your son's PC?

[martint123]

I share my recordings directory and it's a 500gb drive. Try sharing the gbpvr directory rather than the root directory (if you are)??

Ah - googling shows this is a known problem. http://www.pcdoctor-guide.com/wordpress/?p=174

Martin

[rightmark]

Thanks for the link - I'll give it a go and let you know how I get on.
Many thanks again.
Cheers!

[-Oz-]

Norton makes this problem worst btw. So if you have it, get rid of it.

[Smoker]

Also un-check the "Use simple file sharing (Recommended)" option in the folder options.