Ethernet Hard Drive

Hi,
I was wonder if anyone know a solution for the following problem.
I have a ethernet hard drive and I've never had a problem until using vista
and windows server 2008. both operating systems are unable to browse the
drive, instead it completely crashes explorer.exe. Windows server 2003 & XP
have never had trouble.

By "ethernet" do you mean a network drive? Or do you mean a drive connected
to the computer with a cable (in which case you probably mean a usb,
firewire, or eSATA drive enclosure)?

"NUKZ" <NUKZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7684DDBF-EA89-441B-AC15-9C802FED1580@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I was wonder if anyone know a solution for the following problem.
> I have a ethernet hard drive and I've never had a problem until using
> vista
> and windows server 2008. both operating systems are unable to browse the
> drive, instead it completely crashes explorer.exe. Windows server 2003 &
> XP
> have never had trouble.

hey Colin,

the drive is a ethernet drive connected via a router. the connection type
is CAT 5 , NOT USB, FIREWIRE and etc. You browse the drive like a std remote
drive.
windows vista/server 2008 crashes whilst browsing the drive e.g

//storage/data/ while under XP/ server 2003 it works perfectly.

although if I know the exact path of file it will open fine e.g.
//storage/data/wordfile.docx under vista/server 2008. The issue is
explore.exe which crash and hangs the computer with trying to browse the
folder e.g. //storage/data/

Any thoughts of why this happening with vista/ server 2008 ?




"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> By "ethernet" do you mean a network drive? Or do you mean a drive connected
> to the computer with a cable (in which case you probably mean a usb,
> firewire, or eSATA drive enclosure)?
>
> "NUKZ" <NUKZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7684DDBF-EA89-441B-AC15-9C802FED1580@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> > I was wonder if anyone know a solution for the following problem.
> > I have a ethernet hard drive and I've never had a problem until using
> > vista
> > and windows server 2008. both operating systems are unable to browse the
> > drive, instead it completely crashes explorer.exe. Windows server 2003 &
> > XP
> > have never had trouble.
>

Most network drives use an embedded version of linux with Samba server for
file sharing. Some older versions of Samba are not compatible with the
networking features in Vista/Server 2008. The best solution is to see if
there is a firmware update for the network drive. Failing that try lowering
the authentication level Vista uses.

http://www.jimmah.com/vista/Networking/ntlm.aspx

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/



"NUKZ" <NUKZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BC7F6581-8ABC-44E3-98A7-E5774941622A@microsoft.com...
> hey Colin,
>
> the drive is a ethernet drive connected via a router. the connection type
> is CAT 5 , NOT USB, FIREWIRE and etc. You browse the drive like a std
> remote
> drive.
> windows vista/server 2008 crashes whilst browsing the drive e.g
>
> //storage/data/ while under XP/ server 2003 it works perfectly.
>
> although if I know the exact path of file it will open fine e.g.
> //storage/data/wordfile.docx under vista/server 2008. The issue is
> explore.exe which crash and hangs the computer with trying to browse the
> folder e.g. //storage/data/
>
> Any thoughts of why this happening with vista/ server 2008 ?
>
>
>
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>
>> By "ethernet" do you mean a network drive? Or do you mean a drive
>> connected
>> to the computer with a cable (in which case you probably mean a usb,
>> firewire, or eSATA drive enclosure)?
>>
>> "NUKZ" <NUKZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:7684DDBF-EA89-441B-AC15-9C802FED1580@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi,
>> > I was wonder if anyone know a solution for the following problem.
>> > I have a ethernet hard drive and I've never had a problem until using
>> > vista
>> > and windows server 2008. both operating systems are unable to browse
>> > the
>> > drive, instead it completely crashes explorer.exe. Windows server 2003
>> > &
>> > XP
>> > have never had trouble.
>>

hey Kerry,
thanks for information your lifesaver.

"Kerry Brown" wrote:

> Most network drives use an embedded version of linux with Samba server for
> file sharing. Some older versions of Samba are not compatible with the
> networking features in Vista/Server 2008. The best solution is to see if
> there is a firmware update for the network drive. Failing that try lowering
> the authentication level Vista uses.
>
> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/Networking/ntlm.aspx
>
> --
> Kerry Brown
> MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
> http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
>
>
>
> "NUKZ" <NUKZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BC7F6581-8ABC-44E3-98A7-E5774941622A@microsoft.com...
> > hey Colin,
> >
> > the drive is a ethernet drive connected via a router. the connection type
> > is CAT 5 , NOT USB, FIREWIRE and etc. You browse the drive like a std
> > remote
> > drive.
> > windows vista/server 2008 crashes whilst browsing the drive e.g
> >
> > //storage/data/ while under XP/ server 2003 it works perfectly.
> >
> > although if I know the exact path of file it will open fine e.g.
> > //storage/data/wordfile.docx under vista/server 2008. The issue is
> > explore.exe which crash and hangs the computer with trying to browse the
> > folder e.g. //storage/data/
> >
> > Any thoughts of why this happening with vista/ server 2008 ?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
> >
> >> By "ethernet" do you mean a network drive? Or do you mean a drive
> >> connected
> >> to the computer with a cable (in which case you probably mean a usb,
> >> firewire, or eSATA drive enclosure)?
> >>
> >> "NUKZ" <NUKZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:7684DDBF-EA89-441B-AC15-9C802FED1580@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi,
> >> > I was wonder if anyone know a solution for the following problem.
> >> > I have a ethernet hard drive and I've never had a problem until using
> >> > vista
> >> > and windows server 2008. both operating systems are unable to browse
> >> > the
> >> > drive, instead it completely crashes explorer.exe. Windows server 2003
> >> > &
> >> > XP
> >> > have never had trouble.
> >>
>

There may be other fixes needed as well. Post back here if you continue to
experience problems.

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/



"NUKZ" <NUKZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6699FF80-695B-405A-AEBA-E80D82C57EEB@microsoft.com...
> hey Kerry,
> thanks for information your lifesaver.
>
> "Kerry Brown" wrote:
>
>> Most network drives use an embedded version of linux with Samba server
>> for
>> file sharing. Some older versions of Samba are not compatible with the
>> networking features in Vista/Server 2008. The best solution is to see if
>> there is a firmware update for the network drive. Failing that try
>> lowering
>> the authentication level Vista uses.
>>
>> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/Networking/ntlm.aspx
>>
>> --
>> Kerry Brown
>> MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
>> http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
>>
>>
>>
>> "NUKZ" <NUKZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:BC7F6581-8ABC-44E3-98A7-E5774941622A@microsoft.com...
>> > hey Colin,
>> >
>> > the drive is a ethernet drive connected via a router. the connection
>> > type
>> > is CAT 5 , NOT USB, FIREWIRE and etc. You browse the drive like a std
>> > remote
>> > drive.
>> > windows vista/server 2008 crashes whilst browsing the drive e.g
>> >
>> > //storage/data/ while under XP/ server 2003 it works perfectly.
>> >
>> > although if I know the exact path of file it will open fine e.g.
>> > //storage/data/wordfile.docx under vista/server 2008. The issue is
>> > explore.exe which crash and hangs the computer with trying to browse
>> > the
>> > folder e.g. //storage/data/
>> >
>> > Any thoughts of why this happening with vista/ server 2008 ?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>> >
>> >> By "ethernet" do you mean a network drive? Or do you mean a drive
>> >> connected
>> >> to the computer with a cable (in which case you probably mean a usb,
>> >> firewire, or eSATA drive enclosure)?
>> >>
>> >> "NUKZ" <NUKZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:7684DDBF-EA89-441B-AC15-9C802FED1580@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> > I was wonder if anyone know a solution for the following problem.
>> >> > I have a ethernet hard drive and I've never had a problem until
>> >> > using
>> >> > vista
>> >> > and windows server 2008. both operating systems are unable to browse
>> >> > the
>> >> > drive, instead it completely crashes explorer.exe. Windows server
>> >> > 2003
>> >> > &
>> >> > XP
>> >> > have never had trouble.
>> >>
>>

NUKZ wrote:
> hey Kerry,
> thanks for information your lifesaver.
>
> "Kerry Brown" wrote:
>
>> Most network drives use an embedded version of linux with Samba server for
>> file sharing. Some older versions of Samba are not compatible with the
>> networking features in Vista/Server 2008. The best solution is to see if
>> there is a firmware update for the network drive. Failing that try lowering
>> the authentication level Vista uses.
>>
>> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/Networking/ntlm.aspx
>>
>> --
>> Kerry Brown
>> MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
>> http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
>>
>>
>>
>> "NUKZ" <NUKZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:BC7F6581-8ABC-44E3-98A7-E5774941622A@microsoft.com...
>>> hey Colin,
>>>
>>> the drive is a ethernet drive connected via a router. the connection type
>>> is CAT 5 , NOT USB, FIREWIRE and etc. You browse the drive like a std
>>> remote
>>> drive.
>>> windows vista/server 2008 crashes whilst browsing the drive e.g
>>>
>>> //storage/data/ while under XP/ server 2003 it works perfectly.
>>>
>>> although if I know the exact path of file it will open fine e.g.
>>> //storage/data/wordfile.docx under vista/server 2008. The issue is
>>> explore.exe which crash and hangs the computer with trying to browse the
>>> folder e.g. //storage/data/
>>>
>>> Any thoughts of why this happening with vista/ server 2008 ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>>>
>>>> By "ethernet" do you mean a network drive? Or do you mean a drive
>>>> connected
>>>> to the computer with a cable (in which case you probably mean a usb,
>>>> firewire, or eSATA drive enclosure)?
>>>>
>>>> "NUKZ" <NUKZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:7684DDBF-EA89-441B-AC15-9C802FED1580@microsoft.com...
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I was wonder if anyone know a solution for the following problem.
>>>>> I have a ethernet hard drive and I've never had a problem until using
>>>>> vista
>>>>> and windows server 2008. both operating systems are unable to browse
>>>>> the
>>>>> drive, instead it completely crashes explorer.exe. Windows server 2003
>>>>> &
>>>>> XP
>>>>> have never had trouble.
I would be curious to know what brand/model ethernet drive you're using.
I have a Netgear SC-101 that I cannot use with WinXP 64 and Netgear has
stated they have no plans to create updated drivers.