I HAVE BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY FOR THE LAST 3 WEEKS TO GET CONNECTED TO MY 5 NETWORK ATTACHED HARD DRIVES. I SUCCESSFULLY CONNECTED TO ONE OF THEM AND THEN IT JUST DISAPPEARS FROM MY NETWORK. i RESTART THE COMPUTER AND IT IS THERE THEN IT IS GONE. I TURNED OFF MY FIREWALL AND I CONNECT NO PROBLEM. IT IS NOT SAFE TO HAVE MY FIREWALL OFF SO I TURNED IT ON AGAIN.
THIS TIME I ADJUSTED MY SETTINGS TO ALLOW EVERY TYPE OF CONNECTION THAT IS LISTED ON THE FIREWALL CONFIGURATION SCREEN.
I AM USING NORTON INTERNET SECURITY 2007
I DO NOT BELIEVE MY COMPUTER IS VERY SAFE WITH THIS CONFIGURATION BUT I LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA ON THE NETWORK DRIVES. LIKE I SAID I HAVE 5 200 GB HARD DRIVES.
ALSO I CANNOT CONNECT TO THE OTHER COMPUTER ON MY NETWORK. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE ROUTER SO I LOOKED AT THE SETTINGS AND THAT IT IS NOT THE PROBLEM.
I JUST CANNOT CONNECT. COULD THE PROBLEM BE THE FACT THAT THE OTHER COMPUTER IS RUNNING WINDOWS XP?
PLEASE HELP.

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