On multiple Win 98 machines a network drive/share that is supposed to connect through a login script does not connect. It will not even show up under My Computer. If I try to map it manually I get the error "Computer name or Sharename could not be found". Yet this server is pingable and I can access it via my machine at my desk (Win XP). I can map other drives from this machine. I am perplexed at this point.. I am not that well versed in 98. Anyone have some ideas??
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Missing Network Drive
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Can you see the machine the share is on (ie, if you type \\machinename in run box, does it open explorer window/prompt you for password?)
Is the machine\sharename actually that - its not a folder under a sharename (seem to remember 98 doesn't like that).
How long is the sharename - does it have any unusual characters in it?
Is the machine\sharename actually that - its not a folder under a sharename (seem to remember 98 doesn't like that).
How long is the sharename - does it have any unusual characters in it?
I might be offbase here but my home network has both FAT32 and NTFS machines.
If you're trying to connect to an XP machine that has a hdd formatted NTFS, 98 won't see that NTFS drive. However, the XP NTFS drive will see FAT32 drives. I regularly move files from an XP machine to Wfw3.11, 95b and 98se.
When my XP install was on a FAT32 partition, everything shared just fine. Let us know if I'm out in left field here.
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If you're trying to connect to an XP machine that has a hdd formatted NTFS, 98 won't see that NTFS drive. However, the XP NTFS drive will see FAT32 drives. I regularly move files from an XP machine to Wfw3.11, 95b and 98se.
When my XP install was on a FAT32 partition, everything shared just fine. Let us know if I'm out in left field here.
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This machine is trying to access a share on a 2000 server named \\sf95111a1\giftshop. There have been new developments. I can get it to map to the share if I put the IP address of the server in the net use command. I cannot map the share with server name. BUT the mapping does not last. It disappears quickly (15-20 minutes).And now this issue is related to just one machine. The login script is using the server name.
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