Windows 10: Wanting to use unallocated space on my hard drive, any dos and don'ts?

Open Settings, click on Account in there. That will show the user name for your laptop login. If you do not have a password, I don't know for sure how Macrium will see the shared folder. Once you click on Accounts you will see what type account you have.





You can press the windows key on your keyboard and type settings, or you can open the action center by clicking the little window in the far right of your taskbar, then click settings.

 

Well here's my Advanced sharing settings (the bottom I changed).





Also, what if my password is a PIN number?

 

For now it might be faster and easier to just turn off password sharing in that bottom picture. Then you can right click a folder you create and click on properties. Click on the sharing tab and then click advanced sharing. Check the box that says Share this folder. Then click on the permissions and click the Add button. Click Advanced button, click Find now and then select Everyone. Click OK, then click OK again. Then set the permissions on this folder like you see in the screen shot.







This will be much faster and easier than going through the PIN and networking. I have not done the PIN sharing method before. You will most likely be removing the folder when done, so it won't hurt anything to have it shared like this.

EDIT: You will need to click on All Networks on your last pic. Then at the bottom you can turn off the password sharing while you work on this.

 

Well, I attempted the transfer 4 times, but I keep getting this:



And just to confirm that it's the right path:

 

It appears the folder is not accessible by "everyone". Check my pics in the post above and make sure to note the arrows, make sure that all 3 boxes are checked for Everyone in the box like mine. Then try again.

EDIT: The laptop might need a reboot to enable the sharing without a password. I think mine made me log out and back in. If all the settings for sharing are correct and it still says it cannot write to the folder, reboot the laptop and wait a minute or two after it boots. Then try again.

 

Well I made sure all boxes for that were checked and I rebooted my laptop upon your directions but it still keeps occuring.

 

My 2nd PC is setup for password sharing. I will attempt to set it for everyone and edit this post in a couple minutes to let you know if I had to do anything else. That PC is a clean install with basically nothing changed on it.

EDIT: Ok, I think the issue might be the PC your backing up. If you have not. Shut it down totally. Then boot again from the Macrium USB. If you have not rebooted the PC since you shared the folder it might have only gathered the shares upon loading.

EDIT2** My share on the 2nd PC worked after a couple minutes. I had write access to it using the same method I posted here.

 

Nope, still no joy.

Just some information that might be important, but I had to enter the path manually by typing down the exact characters to match that of what is said on the network path on the backup folder's properties menu. Browsing for it only gives me the network directory with nothing in it:





Network originally had an arrow, but clicking on it caused the cursor to buffer before finishing with the arrow gone, indicating there's no further directory to select to which I assume should be there.

 

I am pretty sure I had to type out the path when I used Macrium USB on my 2nd PC to backup/restore from this PC. I would try typing the name out again and see. After rebooting the PC it should have worked with the full path. I will reboot my 2nd PC to the usb and double check. I am 99.9% it works typing the name.

 

Just entered the characters to match that of the path, confirmed they are correct, started transfer, error still occurs.

Edit: I wonder if my desktop (the physical desktop PC) is even connected to the network?

 

I just had the same problem trying to write over the network from the USB. I had to use this PC and try to back to the older one. The older one takes 9 years literally to boot from USB. I did get a box that asked for user name and password but I still could not access the folder. I will post a new message once I can figure this out. Hopefully won't take long.

EDIT: taking a few minutes longer than I wanted. I am renaming the 2nd pc to something simple. It boots kinda slow. Older 5400rpm hdd.

 

I enabled public folders sharing in the All Networks. I have write access while in windows. Booting to USB now to see if I can write there from Macrium.

 

OK, FINALLY LOL. I enabled the Public Folders in the All Networks section of the sharing options.

I had write access over the network. I did have to type the path in full but it worked once I changed to allow public folders.

The path was \\PCNAME\Users\Public\Public Downloads

The backup started up. I surely hope this works for you. Sorry it took so long.

 

Worth the wait. It works now, but I'm not sure how long this will take (might have to let this run while I'm in bed). Thanks for your assistance.

 

Glad to hear it. It will take quite a bit of time. I saw your drive size in used space. Depending on the disk speeds and the network speed, it could take upwards of 3-5 hours. Your welcome *Thumbs