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Mapped drives not "sticking"

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by davem

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Hi,
We had an NT server hard drive crash. When the new hard drive came back from the shop, none of our mapped drives on Win98 clients "stick" i.e., they will only map to the root drive on the server; the details of the folders they were mapped toget lost.

For example, if the mapping needs to be "\\ccm_server\d\word documents\davem",
all that will persist after entering the path into the mapping is "\\ccm_server\d\" --
so that every drive mapping only gets to the c or d drive on the server.

Thanks.

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by karpi

Hello,

during the recovery the shares were not restored.
It is possible, that the shop installed NT and restored the data.

To restore the shares, log in as administrator and share the desired folders. (Right click the folder choose "share" and assign the former name)

Sorry

hth
karpi

by steve penn

1. check the shares are valid. can you type them in at the run box?

2. are your mapping wrapped in quotes? if they have spaces in the mapping will not work unless they are wrapped in quotes.

by vh_s

Well, NT is unlike Netware.

NT knows only \\computername\sharename for mapping into network drives.

So, if you defined in the mapped drive "\\ccm_server\d\word_documents\davem" the remaining after "\\ccm_server\d" will be just neglected by NT.

You could define "\\ccm_server\davem" instead, where davem would be a folder share name.

In a Netware environment, the definition you wanted would certainly give you the correct folder on your mapped drive. But NT doesn't work that way.

vh_s

by davem

Right, I discovered this with the help of a network technician friend myself just yesterday. Thanks for your help.

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