mapping a drive

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JohnnyG

Can anyone tell me if there is a way to have a server,
upon bootup, automatically map a drive to another system
without logging the server in at the console?

Thanks...
 
As long as the other system is turned on and you have
proper privileges/access to it.

Open Windows Explorer
Click the Tools menu
Click Map Network Drive
Select the drive letter to map to the shared resource.
Type the server and share name of the resource
\\servername\sharename
or click Browse to locate the resource
To reconnect to the mapped drive every time you log on,
select the Reconnect at logon check box.

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You could also create a logon script (batch file)
containing the following line:

net use x: \\servername\sharename

where x: is the drive letter you want to assign to the
shared resource.

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Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 308582
"HOW TO: Connect and Disconnect a Network Drive"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;hu;308582

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Thanks for the response. Is there a way to automatically
have the drive map without logging into the system?

Thanks....
 
The "map" is really only a shortcut to another system,
drive, or folder. You wouldn't be able to use the shortcut
until you logon anyway.
Am I missing what you are asking?

Austin M. Horst
 
We have a server that needs to map a drive over to
another server for certain processes that run. Normally
you have to log the server in to have the map reconnect
to the other server. I was wondering if there was a way
for the mapping to happen without actually logging in at
the server console. If the server was rebooted it would
map automatically over to the other server. That's what
we're trying to accomplish.

Thanks...
 
It might be possible to create a service that would map a drive.
I don't know if anyone has written software to do that.

Do you have administrator privileges?
You could use the administrative hidden drive shares to connect.
\\machine_name\c$\folder_name
\\machine_name\d$\folder_name

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$ shares, special shared folders
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Or, create a new "share" instead.

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shared drives, overview
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Austin M. Horst
 
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