FYI- if you're having trouble with samba sharing and incompatible filenames there are a number of automated solutions for batch renaming:
1) Apple's Automator action does similar things
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macos...bfriendly.html
2) A Better Finder Rename
http://www.publicspace.net/ABetterFinderRename/
3) NTFSReady
http://www.sas21.de/apps/ntfsready/
A quick review of the last 2 solutions can be found here:
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/01/30/ntfsr...-filename-act/