Win 2K "Forgets" Networked Drive Mapping

Why does Windows keep "forgetting" it's mapped drives?

I'm wondering if it's something I'm doing, or something being done by
some software I'm running. Or could it just be that Win 2K is, like
me, getting old and becoming forgetful? ;o)

I have just two computers, a desktop and a laptop, connected via a
peer-to-peer network.

The desktop is a Micron brand and the laptop is a Sony VAIO brand.

I've chosen the drive letters "M" and "V," respectively, to represent
the C: drives of the Micron and VAIO computers. So on the Micron, I
map the drive of the networked VAIO as V: and on the VAIO I map the
drive on the Micron as M:

Trouble is, the mappings only "stick" for a few days, and then one
morning, like this morning for example, when I boot up my computers,
one or both of the mappings has just vanished, and I have to map them
all over again.

As I was typing this, it occurred to me that the problem might be that
I've chosen drive letters that are not the next ones in the
alphabetical sequence. For example, on the Micron, I have D: drive
for zip disks and an E: drive for CDs. I'm wondering if the problem
is that in choosing the letter name for the VAIO drive I skipped from
the letter "E" all the way down to the letter "V," leaving something
like 16 or so unused drive letters in between.

I have to admit that that explanation seems a bit far-fetched to me.
But with Windows, it seems, anything is possible.

Any ideas on how I could get the mapped drive letters of "M" and "V"
to stick once-and-for-all?

Meinolf
Mon Dec 24 09:20:27 PST 2007

Hello Clueless,

net use M: \\micron\sharename or \\micron\volume /Persistent:YES

net use V: \\vaio\sharename or \\vaio\volume /Persistent:YES

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Why does Windows keep "forgetting" it's mapped drives?
>
> I'm wondering if it's something I'm doing, or something being done by
> some software I'm running. Or could it just be that Win 2K is, like
> me, getting old and becoming forgetful? ;o)
>
> I have just two computers, a desktop and a laptop, connected via a
> peer-to-peer network.
>
> The desktop is a Micron brand and the laptop is a Sony VAIO brand.
>
> I've chosen the drive letters "M" and "V," respectively, to represent
> the C: drives of the Micron and VAIO computers. So on the Micron, I
> map the drive of the networked VAIO as V: and on the VAIO I map the
> drive on the Micron as M:
>
> Trouble is, the mappings only "stick" for a few days, and then one
> morning, like this morning for example, when I boot up my computers,
> one or both of the mappings has just vanished, and I have to map them
> all over again.
>
> As I was typing this, it occurred to me that the problem might be that
> I've chosen drive letters that are not the next ones in the
> alphabetical sequence. For example, on the Micron, I have D: drive
> for zip disks and an E: drive for CDs. I'm wondering if the problem
> is that in choosing the letter name for the VAIO drive I skipped from
> the letter "E" all the way down to the letter "V," leaving something
> like 16 or so unused drive letters in between.
>
> I have to admit that that explanation seems a bit far-fetched to me.
> But with Windows, it seems, anything is possible.
>
> Any ideas on how I could get the mapped drive letters of "M" and "V"
> to stick once-and-for-all?
>

Clueless
Mon Dec 24 12:36:24 PST 2007

On Dec 24, 9:20 am, Meinolf Weber wrote:

> net use M: \\micron\sharename or \\micron\volume /Persistent:YES
>
> net use V: \\vaio\sharename or \\vaio\volume /Persistent:YES

I'm guessing that I'll need to copy one of those strings and then
paste it in somewhere in the network configuration. Did I get that
right.

But I haven't a clue where exactly it should go.

In the meantime, since remapping the VAIO drive to V: this morning on
the Micron, I now get repeated error messages saying:

An error occurred while reconnection to V: to \\Vaio\VAIO
Microsoft Windows Network: The local device name is already in
use.
This connection has not been restored.

I wonder if rebooting might help.

I'm in a frantic rush to get some presents wrapped and get over to my
brother's house, so I guess I'll have to deal with this tomorrow.

Thanks for the help. I'll check back tomorrow morning.

Will in Seattle
a.k.a. "Clueless"