Specifications

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Sharing Windows Media Storage for
Mounting on a Remote Computer
You can share a Windows volume for mounting
on Mac OS X or another Windows system. The
process is slightly different depending on
whether the computer you are sharing is part of
a domain or part of a workgroup.
To share a Windows 7 volume:
1 On the Windows 7 computer containing the
volume you want to share, click the Start button.
2 In the Start menu, click Computer.
3 Right click the volume you want to share, and
select
Properties.
4 Select Sharing, then Advanced Sharing.
5 Select the Share this Folder option.
6 Type a name in the Share Name field to iden-
tify this share. This name can be anything, but it
is probably easiest if you use the name of the
shared volume.
7 Select any other options in this dialog.
8 Click OK to share this volume.
You are now ready to mount this shared volume
on another computer. See “Cross-Mounting
Shared Media Storage on a Remote System” on
page 28
You should share the entire volume if possi-
ble and not just individual folders. This
makes it easier for you to re-link files in
your Pro Tools session.
When you manually copy files from a Mac
volume to a mounted Windows volume, a
“ghost” file appears for each file that you
copy. The ghost file has a nearly identical
name to the original file, except that it is
prefixed with the characters
._ and a greyed
out icon. For example, copying the filename
Macintosh.doc would create another file
called
._Macintosh.doc. These files do not
affect anything and can be deleted without
causing any issues.