External HD user privileges problems...?

Question

Hello...

I have a 40 gig external hard drive. I have 2 PCs, both with windows home xp. When I move files from one onto the external drive and attempt to access them on the other I can because of privelage errors. I need to boot in safe mode from the second pc, and change the owner to the files. This is a long painful process.

Is there a way I can stop this once and for all?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Is the external drive an NTFS or FAT32 (or other) file system?

Your question says you "can" access them, but do you really mean "can't" because of the errors?

I've got a similar set up and have no problems with several computers accessing the external files. The external drive is set up as FAT32 so I don't have to worry about permissions.