network drive

Hi all; I have a divx reader with hard disk connected by a wireless network to my PC: while I was renaming some folders the network went down and the folders become files, so now are unreadable. Now, when I connect the network drive, in the left column I have 8 folders (instead of the 10 that I...

I have read and followed a lot of posts to no avail. specifically I have followed the advice in "Share Files and Printers between Windows 7 and XP - How-To Geek" and "How to make Windows 7 work with older Windows versions for networking and file sharing" - both machines are in the same...

I am attempting to transfer large files from my Windows Home Server (Server 2003) to my laptop (Pavillion DV7 Quad Core) running Windows 7 (64) professional via a webdav drive mapping. I get this error when trying to copy a file from the network drive share to my local drive on the laptop. I...

Hi. I have 3 computers under the same workgroup with a Shared folder. Server (Windows 7) User 1 (Windows Xp) User 2 (Windows Xp) User 1 and 2 Have the shared folder as a mapped network drive. Now what we need is: inside the Shared folder there is another folder called Admin which I only want...

I recently upgraded from Vista to 7, and now I am unable to view the files in a network drive. Other network drives, I have no problem viewing, it is just one in particular. When I log on to a machine running either XP or Vista, the drive along with the files all open correctly. The drive is...

I just got a new laptop a week or so ago running windows 7. I set up everything I could when I first got it. All went well including the mapping of my external hard drive through my wireless network. I had connected to it multiple times, but now it will not let me. The drive still shows up under...

I have a win 2008 server setup as a domain controller. I have 2 winXP boxes and have just installed windows 7 x64 on a 3rd machine. I get all my drive mappings fine when I log into the domain on with the windows 7 machine. I can save small files fine but the problem started when I was copying...

Hi As the title says, I can't map a network drive over internet. I use filezilla as a ftp server and I can access the ftp in firefox but in windows I allways get the "windows can't access" message. I have tried with 2 computers in 2 diffrent locations but with the same result. I have also tried...

First my apologies for this question, it seems simple and it should be simple, so I must just be missing the obvious. So if you can help out I would greatly appreciate any assistance you might be able to offer. Here is my situation; I upgraded Windows XP Ultimate 64bit on my machine to Windows...

Hello all. I am running Windows 7 Professional and I am trying to connect to a school server by mapping the network drive. The server requires a separate user-name and password. When I try to enter those into the screen I am prompted with it says "The network password is not correct" I know for...

The title says it all really - woke up this morning, switched on the laptop, and Windows 7 is showing my logical (D) drive as a disconnected network drive... I can still access it ok, but all shortcuts to any folders in it that are on the desktop now have something (can't make out what) on top...

Ok, so at my college, to connect to our network drives from home, we are given a stupid SSH utility that is horrible. Being a computer engineering major, I know that we can SSH tunnel our way to the server and then map the network drive. I have used the $40 program ExpanDrive to do this before...

I'm trying to use MCE with my Windows 7 laptop so that shared music and pictures are on my server, and laptop gets the data from server thru 54mbs WLAN. The server's directory is mapped as a Z: drive in my laptop, and then MCE was told get pictures and music from there. But, MCE is actually...

My home network has a networked hard drive. When I first started using Windows 7, (build 7100), I had no problems mapping it and reconnecting automatically at every logon. Recently, (last month or so), I have found that when I try to map the network drive I get an error: "The account is not...

I'm trying to set up a development environment at work. I'm the only one using Windows. Others have the environment set up on Linux and Mac. I'm hoping this is possible but I'm stuck on one particular issue that is driving me crazy! I need to connect to a shared network drive via NFS. I...

Hi all I have a wireless router to which I have attached a Maxtor Shared Storage drive by cat5. I have two Windows 7 laptops, one I can map the drives fine with, the other when I try am told I don't have the access rights to and to contact the administrator ? I have previously connected using...

I currently am doing file sharing through Samba. My Samba server is running on Fedora Core 8, and I am trying to access the network drive through Windows 7. I can map a network drive to Samba, and I can view and share my files fine. The problem I am having is that I always ask it to save...

I'm trying to user WebDrive on Windows 7 RC Bulid 7100 and i'm getting the following error when trying to connect to an FTP connection. Can't map network drive: (1204) The specified network provider name is invalid. WebDrive is a well know program that maps FTP connections as if they were...

I have connected to a work network, no problem. I mapped the drive and can see and access all files but if I make a change and try to save a file I get the message file can not be saved. It then changes the file to a temp file that can not be opened and in effect loses the file. What can be...

Hi there I have NO problem with an XP machine accessing shares on W7. The W7 machine can SEE the XP computer but can't access any of its resources (diagram 1) However if I choose Connect network drive and type the actual name of the share (for example Link Removed I get the password prompt...