Permanent Network Drive

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I have a need to create a permanent network drive on an
XP box(i.e., I login as someone that's part of the
administrators group, create a drive Z: that's a share
from a Win 98 box across the room, and logout). Some
time later, when no one is loged in, I have have MS
Backup scheduled to back up the files from the Z: drive.
However, since the user that created the Z: drive isn't
loged in, the Z: drive doesn't exist. How can I make the
Z: drive be there regardless of who is (or is not) loged
in? Thanks in advance.
 
I would use the unc path to the pc. I do the same thing on
my home network. Instead of a mapped drive it uses:
\\workstation\c\backup etc. Cheers
 
That did the trick. Unfortunately, I spent all day looking for this answer
and finally found it on my own before checking back to this newsgroup again.
You're help is non-the-less appreciated. The command that did the trick was
basically: 'ntbackup.exe backup //win98box/C$ \m normal /f "d:\BackupDrive"'
(without single quotes) and 'ntbackup.exe backup c:\ /m normal /f
\\BackupDrive'. I still haven't found a resource stating that you can use
these URL like names (i.e., \\BackupDrive) as the destination for the
backup. You?
 
I still haven't found a resource stating that you can use
This is because it allows you to do so... It is a very important feature for
backups across the network.
 
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