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How do we mount network share to the directory on Windows 2000 Pro or Windows XP Pro? I know that there is a way to mount local drive using mountvol, or we can mount multiple shares to the root point using dfs in the Windows 2000 domain.
Thank you.
- Boris
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Boris,
if it is done by the user/admin, just open Explorer and use Tools>Map drive from the menu.
Start with a computer name such as "\\server\c\documents".
Elaine (fluffy tigress emoticon here)
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Thank you for the response, but I think you misunderstood my questions.
I just wanted to mount a remote share to my local directory path such as:
\\server\share - mount to - c:\mydirectory, so that I can use the share by accessing a local directory.
In Win2k and XP this is possible with the local drive, and on the Win2K server side by using DFS.
I was just wandering how to overcame a 26 letters limitation 
- Boris
-Boris
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OK, there are utilities that let you emulate a CD-ROM drive with a local directory which should do it.
I haven't used them myself but one called VSUBST looks right.
Visit http://www.nonags.com and looks under Disk managing tools.
Second time lucky.......
Elaine (fluffy tigress emoticon)
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Thank you, but you do not need any third party utilities to mount a local drive. The mountvol command will do the job.
I was just asking about network share mounting, but I guess it's not possible 
-Boris
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Corto Maltese wrote:
I just wanted to mount a remote share to my local directory path
Impossible with current OS. You'd have to create your own Reparse Point kernel-mode driver and... Well, it's messy. Have a look at the "Junction Points" article here at CP to get a feeling of how messy it is just to mount local volumes on a directory.
Windows was never intended for such "advanced" tasks. :-<
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hello sir ..
I require some help from the programmers. I want to have a program which could scan all the HDD present in the network with thier Volume Serial Number ....since Volume Serial Number is the only way to uniquely identify a HDD
and store the output to a Microsoft Access Database file.
At a particular amount of time it should tell that a particular HDD with this volume serial number is connected or not?
--thnx
waiting for a quick reply...
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how can i create partition.
I have local c: it has lots of space. I want to create another partition to share the hard drive with c;
so i went to disk manager-> high light the c:\ then right click., and look for the create new partition as it said so in the help article. but i can't find create new partition.
how to create one so i can install win2000
Thak=nk
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You can only create a partition in unused space on the drive. It sounds as if (and this is normal practice) your c: drive is formatted as a single partition. To create a new partition, you'll have to fdisk the drive to split it into more than one partition. That, of course, will destroy anything on the drive. A better solution, now that drives have become so cheap, would be to add a second disk and use it for your Win2K installation.
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That is a solution.
I haven't used Partition Magic, but as far as I know, you can create another partition, without having to reformat the whole disk.
Certainly yast2 that comes with SuSE linux can do just that.
Regards,
Venet.
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Roger Wright wrote:
though I have read of some spectacular failures using the product.
Mee too. I'm just too paranoid to resize my partitions. I'm dying to get a DVD-RW so I can backup docs not worrying about failures.
Although I have to say that Linux hasn't failed me (yet)!
BTW. I just love the Window 2000 unattended install. Have you used it? It works like a charm. You can even specify Screen Resolution you want when Windows 2000 is installed, and not to mention other things, like computer name and IP etc.
It saves me lots of time when I need to reinstall my machine.
Regards,
Venet.
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Venet wrote:
I just love the Window 2000 unattended install. Have you used it?
I don't think so. But the normal installation is practically unattended. When I first got Win2K it was the beta 3 version, and I put off for weeks installing it out of fear that it would destroy my machine - an older Pentium Pro 180. But one night after consuming large volumes of liquid courage I loaded up the CD, ran setup and prayed. Much to my surprise, it asked me a couple of identification questions, then told me to get some sleep. I woke in the morning to find a perfectly functioning, much improved PC! I know there's a bunch of stuff I could have customized, but I loved the fact that I didn't have to sit up all night clicking pointless OK buttons in answer to questions so vague as to have no meaning - that was a first for Microsoft!
I hate to admit it, but when I built this new machine last Christmas and installed Win2K Server, things did not go so smoothly. I blame it on sobriety. Several things still don't work correctly, like DNS, SMTP, FTP and the like, and despite the several thousand pages of documentation I have on it, I haven't any clue why these functions aren't working. Oh well, what the heck. It does everything I need for now!
I've ordered Windows.NET RC1, but I'm not sure if I'm gutsy enough to risk the farm again by installing it... We'll see.
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Roger Wright wrote:
But the normal installation is practically unattended.
That's strange! Whenever I need to install Win2K, gotta be in front of the machine all the time, clicking on OK's and enetering different information. Could it be that disk you've used had an "answer file" already created with the default install options?
Whatever it is I can do exact same thing now. Boot from the Win2K CD and let it install itself.
Roger Wright wrote:
I've ordered Windows.NET RC1, but I'm not sure if I'm gutsy enough to risk the farm again by installing it... We'll see.
Actually I've got Windows.NET server CD right here, but it will stay here. I wish I had another machine  to install it and see how it performs.
Regards,
Venet.
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Roger Wright wrote:
I've ordered Windows.NET RC1, but I'm not sure if I'm gutsy enough to risk the farm again by installing it... We'll see.
Yeah, I've got that. Still trying to decide if I want to install it.
Any idea if it'll coinhabit on the same machine with Win2K (I'd be installing it to its own drive, but want to keep 2k as the main OS)
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benjymous wrote:
Yeah, I've got that
Huh? It's not due to start shipping until 8/16!
I have no idea if it will cohabit safely, and I'm not about to be the first on my block to find out! But I do plan to install it on my venerable Pentium Pro to see just how far I can push the poor old beast If it doesn't work, I've still got the Win2K Pro CD to recover with.
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Hmm. I guess it's an older beta version then. I haven't got it to hand to be certain
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Partion Magic 7 works fine for me resizing partitions etc... It's the easy way out but it's fast and easy. I've never lost any files.
"When a friend hurts us, we should write it down in the sand, where the winds of forgiveness get in charge of erasing it away, and when something great happens, we should engrave it in the stone of the memory of the heart, where no wind can erase it" Nish on life [methinks]
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A commercial package such as Partition Magic will let you resize your existing partition then you can create a new partition in the unused space.
I believe there are some shareware/freeware tools that can do this as well.
Elaine (fluffy tiggress emoticon)
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Is this possible? I've seen articles at MSDN describing how to do this for individual users but I would like to change this location for all users in one go. Is that possible?
With best regards,
Daniel
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I have the same problem....
Sergio Bertini
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I don't know if this will help but check out the registry, especially
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders"
bibamus, edamus, cras moriemur [eat, drink, for tomorrow we die]
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I'll be building a new peer-to-peer network in a couple of weeks, using 3 new PCs with WinXP Pro preinstalled. Since I haven't used XP yet, are there any gotchas I should be aware of? One that comes to mind is that each machine might need to have a local user account for all of the users in order for them to share freely - is that the case? The users are complete neophytes with no computer skills beyond finding the power switch, so I want this to be as idiot-proof as possible for them. Also, I will be linking them together with a Lucent RG-1000 wireless Residential Gateway using ORiNOCO USB clients on each machine, and using the RG-1000 as the shared Internet gateway. Has anyone had any experiences with these units? Any tips to share? Thanks!
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Same Username and Password is required for all machines to be able to share data freerly. Of course you can connect to a share using a different username and password, however, these would need to be provided each time you start the computer.
You know that, all machines need to belong to the same workgroup, and of course same ip class, and same subnet mask.
Haven't incurred any problems, but yet I have setup WinXP in a P2P network, only once!
Roger Wright wrote:
Also, I will be linking them together with a Lucent RG-1000 wireless Residential Gateway using ORiNOCO USB clients on each machine, and using the RG-1000 as the shared Internet gateway. Has anyone had any experiences with these units?
Not with these units, however used SmartBridges wireless kit. Pretty cool, although only work up to 11 MB/s . Had some problems detecting it through WinXP, but sorted now (Read the manual!)
Regards,
Venet.
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Venet wrote:
Same Username and Password is required for all machines to be able to share data freerly
The Admin account will, of course, be the same for all machines, but for users I'll need to use different accounts. I'm thinking that it should be simple enough to add three users to each machine, since there's so few of them, and give rights to the Local Users group on all. They don't need much in the way of confidentiality.
Venet wrote:
Pretty cool, although only work up to 11 MB/s
Considering that now their rate of data transer is limited to how fast they can carry a floppy disk between ofices, this should be a great improvement!
Venet wrote:
Read the manual
Always good advice!
Thanks for your thoughts...
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