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I have a Maxtor 1TB network NAS hard drive plugged into my router as a backup storage space.

I use NetworkMagic to share folders, printers ect, so I am able to access any folder anywhere from my 2 workstations or laptop.

However, I can only access the NAS drive from the workstation that the lame ass Maxtor software is installed on. I also CANNOT share the "Z:\" drive the NAS disk is mapped to with ANY other computer.

Is there any way to just plug the drive into the router and be able to access the disk from any computer anywhere on my home network?

Right now if I am working on my laptop in the basement, I have to drag a file to my workstation, and then go upstairs and drag it to the NAS drive for backup. It seems kind of stupid to me, ESPECIALLY when I am trying to store a 8GB Acronis TrueImage archive of my operating system partition.

I use the NAS drive to store all Acronis OS partition backups, and it has saved me a few times from a complete reinstall. Any suggestions?

Does it not support FTP or SMB?
Could you give us a link to the information about this model?

I think we should be able to find a way.

It is a 1TB Maxtor Central Axis

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?l ... ee0a0aRCRD

I do not know if it supports FTP or not.


And thanks for your help!!

I have an IOmega StorCenter 1TB (actually, 2x500GB with RAID 1) NAS which I can access from all of my Windows and Linux machines. With Windows 98SE, W2K, XP its workgroup shows up on the network. With Linux I just set up a Desktop Location Launcher using SMB://192.168.0.190 which is its IP.

The User Guide for your Maxtor makes it look like the only way you can do it is via the web going through a remote account at Seagate. If that's the case, I'd dump it and get something more accessible and secure.

Have you tried their user forums?

no i havent tried their forums.

Id HATE to have to use the Central Axis software on all my machines. It is bloated and slow. This really sucks, as this drive was expensive.

http://shopper.cnet.com/external-hard-d ... ser#info-3
All those bad reviews...

I saw a post about one talking about this link (replace 192.168.1.100 with its IP address)
smb://192.168.1.100/USB2.0MFP__1
Maybe it can connect to it, I don't have a clue really... I wish you good luck with it.