cannot share files from my Vista computer

I have a home network with 4 PC on it. My main PC is a Vista desktop computer, it is connected to my router. The other PC is connected wirelessly. I have a laptop with windows 7. and 2 other desktops with xp installed.  My problem is the following... I have no problem to share files and folders off my public folder on my Vista machine with the rest of the network, but for some reason, I can't share files or folders on my home network on any other place on the Vista PC.  I have an extra hard drive 500 gig installed on my Vista PC I want to use it as a central backup for all of my network drive... but for some reason that I cannot share any files or folders on this drive. I have no problem sharing the drive with other users on this pc... but I can't do it shared on the network. I tried all the conventional techniques of sharing, but no luck. I just get a message that the network resource is not available. It appears on my network under the PC, but it is not accessible. Initially, I wanted to share the entire disc... but advised him to be just a folder in the drive to share rather than trying to share the root of the drive... but still no luck.   What Miss me?

Note: this is a problem with all of my machines in network... not a single one of them can access this drive.

Hi EJLOTT,

First of all, I would say that you talk below link and make sure all the necessary settings on the network for all the computer are set correctly.

Sharing files and printers with different versions of Windows
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/help/sharing-files-and-printers-with-different-versions-of-Windows

File and Printer Sharing in Windows Vista
http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx

See the link below for how to share the root drive.
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/troubleshoot-file-and-printer-sharing

Check the link for more information on the public record below.
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/sharing-files-with-the-public-folder

I hope this helps!

Halima S - Microsoft technical support.
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