I've got a home network where I'm trying to do something relatively simple and it's really turned into a task. Unfortunately, I've changed so many settings at this point that I'm not sure how much info I can provide.
I've got an old machine running Win2k that I'm trying to set up to do double duty as a file and print server. It is on 24/7 and the printer is connected to it and shared. I installed a Rosewill ATA controller card and have 2 120GB hard drives connected to it. I have one of the drives shared and the other is designed to mirror the other, but RAID is not enabled. (I couldn't get it to work.)
I was doing fine until I added the controller card and the 2nd drive and attempted RAID. Where I'm at now is that I've restored the shared drive and the shared printer. However, my connectivity is intermittent and I can't figure out why. For example, during a file transfer I got an error message that the share was unavailable midway through. By the way, the machines attempting to access the shared resources are all running WinXP.
If anyone has an idea what's wrong, please jump in. In the alternative, if I need to restore all settings and start over, I wouldn't mind a link to a good how to. I've checked a bunch that have been posted in the past and they don't seem to address linking xp to 2k.