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Home > Forums > Desktop Software > PC Operating Systems > Microsoft: Windows 2000 Professional Forum

Mounting A Drive to A Network Shared Folder

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zoeythecat (TechnicalUser)

14 Nov 08 13:31

Hi All,

We have a windows2003 file server that has a shared folder I need to connect to from a windows2000 pro workstation. I need to do this by mounting a drive (not mapping a drive). We need this drive to be mounted). I'm drawing a blank how to do this from the Windows2000 workstation.

Any help would be appreciated.

TIA
Zoey

wolluf (TechnicalUser)

16 Nov 08 19:55

You've lost me! What do you mean by mount a drive when its on another machine?

afaik you can:-

create a drive letter mapping to the share
access the share directly as \\servername\sharename
navigate to the share through network places/neighborhood

Why is a mapped drive no good? What's the intended use of the access to said share?

zoeythecat (TechnicalUser)

16 Nov 08 21:02

Sorry for not being more specific. We have software that we needed to install that required the drive to be mounted. I figured it out by reading through this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307889

Again sorry for the confusing post.

Thanks for your reply

dberg35 (IS/IT--Management)

17 Nov 08 12:29

Ok mounting a drive refers to installing say a second drive and the OS doesn't see it. Then you would go to admin tools and mount it there. It isn't possible to mount a drive from another pc or server only mappping. You might want to talk to the software vendor to get clairification.

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