Share dissapearing after restart

[Rob]

I have a logical drive shared and after restarting the computer the
drive is no longer shared. Any Ideas? Thanks

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have a logical drive shared and after restarting the computer the
drive is no longer shared. Any Ideas? Thanks

Do this:
1. Share your logical drive.
2. Start a Command Prompt (Start / Run / cmd {OK})
3. Type these commands:
net share >> c:\share.txt {Enter}
net share xxx >> c:\share.txt {Enter}
(where xxx is the name of your share)
4. Reboot the PC.
5. Start a Command Prompt.
6. Type these commands:
net share >> c:\share.txt {Enter}
net share xxx >> c:\share.txt {Enter}
notepad c:\share.txt {Enter}
7. Post the contents of this file into your reply.

 

[Rob]

Do this:
1. Share your logical drive.
2. Start a Command Prompt (Start / Run / cmd {OK})
3. Type these commands:
net share >> c:\share.txt {Enter}
net share xxx >> c:\share.txt {Enter}
(where xxx is the name of your share)
4. Reboot the PC.
5. Start a Command Prompt.
6. Type these commands:
net share >> c:\share.txt {Enter}
net share xxx >> c:\share.txt {Enter}
notepad c:\share.txt {Enter}
7. Post the contents of this file into your reply.

Share name Resource Remark
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IPC$ Remote IPC

D$ D:\ Default share

ADMIN$ C:\WINNT Remote Admin

C$ C:\ Default share

Addressinator
C:\Program Files\Addressinator
L L:\
Office Share C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Office Share

The command completed successfully.

Share name Resource Remark
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IPC$ Remote IPC

D$ D:\ Default share

ADMIN$ C:\WINNT Remote Admin

C$ C:\ Default share

Addressinator
C:\Program Files\Addressinator
L L:\
Office Share C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Office Share

The command completed successfully.

Share name Resource Remark
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IPC$ Remote IPC

D$ D:\ Default share

ADMIN$ C:\WINNT Remote Admin

C$ C:\ Default share

Addressinator
C:\Program Files\Addressinator
Office Share C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Office Share

The command completed successfully.

Share name Resource Remark
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IPC$ Remote IPC

D$ D:\ Default share

ADMIN$ C:\WINNT Remote Admin

C$ C:\ Default share

Addressinator
C:\Program Files\Addressinator
Office Share C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Office Share

The command completed successfully.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I can see that share L: is not always present. Unfortunately
you did not appear to have executed this command:
net share L >> c:\share.txt
as I suggested, hence I can only guess what this share
is. I suspect it is a USB device that is not always present
or recognised, hence the missing share.

 

[Rob]

It is a second hard drive installed in the system it is not a usb device.

 

[Rob]

I tried the command again here are my results
It is a second hard drive in the computer it is not a usb hd. The drive
is a D:\ drive but set for a logical L:

Share name Resource Remark


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IPC$ Remote IPC

D$ D:\ Default share

ADMIN$ C:\WINNT Remote Admin

C$ C:\ Default share

Addressinator
C:\Program Files\Addressinator
L L:\
Office Share C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Office Share

The command completed successfully.



Share name Resource Remark


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IPC$ Remote IPC

D$ D:\ Default share

ADMIN$ C:\WINNT Remote Admin

C$ C:\ Default share

Addressinator
C:\Program Files\Addressinator
L L:\
Office Share C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Office Share

The command completed successfully.



Share name Resource Remark


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IPC$ Remote IPC

D$ D:\ Default share

ADMIN$ C:\WINNT Remote Admin

C$ C:\ Default share

Addressinator
C:\Program Files\Addressinator
Office Share C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Office Share

The command completed successfully.



Share name Resource Remark


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IPC$ Remote IPC

D$ D:\ Default share

ADMIN$ C:\WINNT Remote Admin

C$ C:\ Default share

Addressinator
C:\Program Files\Addressinator
Office Share C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Office Share

The command completed successfully.



Share name Resource Remark


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IPC$ Remote IPC

D$ D:\ Default share

ADMIN$ C:\WINNT Remote Admin

C$ C:\ Default share

Addressinator
C:\Program Files\Addressinator
Office Share C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Office Share

The command completed successfully.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

How exactly does drive D: become drive L:?

I tried the command again here are my results
It is a second hard drive in the computer it is not a usb hd. The drive
is a D:\ drive but set for a logical L:

 

[Rob]

With a .bat file that runs on start up.
SUBST L: D:\Folder\Folder

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Sharing a substituted drive is not a good idea
and there is no point in doing it. Many OSs won't
even allow it. Create a share that points to drive D:
and your problems will disappear.

 

[Rob]

The only problem is that the software that we are using requires it. We
had a hd crash and upon reloading the system this is not working like it
was before. We will be upgrading to different software in the next few
months but until then i would like this to work as it did. Any more
suggestions?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

What exactly does your software require? A substituted
drive L:? Great, do it but map the shared drive to
the physical drive D:!