how to migrate xp shares?

[Dave Stevens]

Hi,

I have a network with 5 computers, four of which access files on the
mainoffice XP box. I want to upgrade to better hardware and have the
replacement mainoffice box in hand. I have xp installed and can easily
copy the files to the new unit. All shares are to various
subdirectories of the My Documehts folder. I'd like to be able to copy
the shares to the new box, take the old one out of service, rename the
new one to be mainoffice, hook it back up and continue as if nothing
had happened except that the network got faster.

Is there a text file in Windows that contains the shares? Does anyone
have advice or a reference for this issue?

many thanks,

Dave

 

[Kurt]

Dave,

You can see all the shares by right-clicking My Computer and selecting
manage. Then expand "shared folders" in the left pane and and click on
"shares". All shares (including administrative shares) will be listed
along with their paths. You can make the window large and drag out the
width of the path column so you can see the entire path, then just take
a screenshot of the window. Re-create the same share names (the
filenames and pathnames are irrelevant, but its customary to name shares
after their filenames for ease of identification).

The paths don't have to match, just the share names. If your mappings
are to "\\mainoffice\sharename" this will work just fine. If anyone maps
to an IP address rather than the computername, make sure the new box
gets the same IP address as the old one (after you take the old one
offline).