How to unmap certain partitions?

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One of my two hard drives in now disconnected. It was on one of two
computers in a LAN. Since the 4 partitions on this hard drive were mapped,
everytime I start up the other computer is searches for these 4 mapped
partitions...and doesn't find them, but that stopped the bootup process with
an error message for each missing partition.

How do I unmap these 4 partitions now that they are not in use?

jc
 
excuse the spelling and grammatical mistakes in the previous message, I sent
it without re-reading it.

jc
 
jbclem said:
One of my two hard drives in now disconnected. It was on one of two
computers in a LAN. Since the 4 partitions on this hard drive were
mapped,
everytime I start up the other computer is searches for these 4 mapped
partitions...and doesn't find them, but that stopped the bootup process
with
an error message for each missing partition.

How do I unmap these 4 partitions now that they are not in use?

jc
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What exactly is the error message you see? (Verbatim, please!)
 
As close as I can get (since Windows doesn't allow you to right click and
COPY error messages)...

"an error has occured while connecting Q: to\\daadaa1\ J (4.3GB Pavilion)
Microsoft Windows Network: the network name cannot be found"

There were 4 partitions on the hard drive I disconnected, so there are four
of these error messages in a row, with the bootup stopping on each message
until I click on it.

I think all I have to do is unmap these 4 partitions and this won't be a
problem. Does that sound right, and how can I do that?

I should add that in the past this problem has gone away when I re-connect
the hard drive.

jc
 
Another thing, the disconnected drive and it's four partitions doesn't show
up in My Computer, or in My Network Places. It's only when I boot up that
Windows 2000 still thinks it's there and wants to complete the network
connection to it/them.
 
It is rather unusual to map folders on the local disk to network shares . .
.. Anyway, here is how to get rid of remembered mappings:
- Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
- Type these commands:
net use * /del {Enter}
net use /persistent:no{Enter}
 
In Windows network resource sharing, you always map folders, never
partitions. You can, of course, map a whole drive by mapping its root
folder. However, it is still treated as a folder. How do you map a
partition? How is it visible in Windows Explorer?

To delete individual mappings you should familiarise yourself with the "net
use" command. Open a Command Prompt, then type these commands:
net use /?{Enter}
net help use{Enter}
 
Will this delete all the mappings at once...is there a way to delete
specific ones?

I'm actually mapping partitions, usually not folders. I do it because I
use the Ztree file manager for all my file work (moving, copying) over the
network. Ztree is text based so there's no dragging from one window to
another. Haven't had any problem until this, I've never had to unmap.
 
jbclem said:
Will this delete all the mappings at once...is there a way to delete
specific ones?
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yes, net use [driveletter]: /DELETE /YES
/YES disables the 'are you sure' like prompt
 
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