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Drive letters on a workgroup
I've just set up a few PCs on a office workgroup (win 98se and XP) and have
stumbled (tripped!) over the problem of sharing data and how to set up a coherent set of drive lettes across all PCs. The problem is how to set up workgroup PCs so that one shares its data (and uses it); the others use the data (across the workgroup); and all the software is the same copy on all the PCs, with the implication that all the drive letters that the software uses have to be available on all the PCs! The PC builds are very different, so the default drive letters are all very different. There isn't a server as such, but one of the PC's (the oldest, win98se) is sharing out more data than any other, so I'll call that the "server", and the others the "clients". I think I need to define a set of drive letters which appear on each PC, along with the default letters that appear because of the hardware configuration. I think part of the solution is to "map" a set of drives on the clients to the drives on the "server", but how do I create the drives on the "server" so that they are the same as those on all the other PCs? I'm not sure that mapping a drive on the workgroup back to itself is a good idea? Any other options? Regards Stephen Ford |
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Drive letters on a workgroup
Windows 98 won't let you map a shared drive on itself - but the SUBST
command should do the trick for you: http://www.computerhope.com/substhlp.htm -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Stephen Ford" . wrote in message ... I've just set up a few PCs on a office workgroup (win 98se and XP) and have stumbled (tripped!) over the problem of sharing data and how to set up a coherent set of drive lettes across all PCs. The problem is how to set up workgroup PCs so that one shares its data (and uses it); the others use the data (across the workgroup); and all the software is the same copy on all the PCs, with the implication that all the drive letters that the software uses have to be available on all the PCs! The PC builds are very different, so the default drive letters are all very different. There isn't a server as such, but one of the PC's (the oldest, win98se) is sharing out more data than any other, so I'll call that the "server", and the others the "clients". I think I need to define a set of drive letters which appear on each PC, along with the default letters that appear because of the hardware configuration. I think part of the solution is to "map" a set of drives on the clients to the drives on the "server", but how do I create the drives on the "server" so that they are the same as those on all the other PCs? I'm not sure that mapping a drive on the workgroup back to itself is a good idea? Any other options? Regards Stephen Ford |
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Drive letters on a workgroup
Windows 98 won't let you map a shared drive on itself - but the SUBST
command should do the trick for you: http://www.computerhope.com/substhlp.htm -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Stephen Ford" . wrote in message ... I've just set up a few PCs on a office workgroup (win 98se and XP) and have stumbled (tripped!) over the problem of sharing data and how to set up a coherent set of drive lettes across all PCs. The problem is how to set up workgroup PCs so that one shares its data (and uses it); the others use the data (across the workgroup); and all the software is the same copy on all the PCs, with the implication that all the drive letters that the software uses have to be available on all the PCs! The PC builds are very different, so the default drive letters are all very different. There isn't a server as such, but one of the PC's (the oldest, win98se) is sharing out more data than any other, so I'll call that the "server", and the others the "clients". I think I need to define a set of drive letters which appear on each PC, along with the default letters that appear because of the hardware configuration. I think part of the solution is to "map" a set of drives on the clients to the drives on the "server", but how do I create the drives on the "server" so that they are the same as those on all the other PCs? I'm not sure that mapping a drive on the workgroup back to itself is a good idea? Any other options? Regards Stephen Ford |
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Drive letters on a workgroup
Windows 98 won't let you map a shared drive on itself - but the SUBST
command should do the trick for you: Discovered that I can't share a SUBSTed drive, and as you say, I'm not allowed to map a local drive. I'm wondering if the only solution is -: Server: 1) Subst local drives to create a "set of drive letters" Server: 2) Share specific folders Client: 1) Map the same set of server drive letters to the specific folders shared above. Seems a bit clumsy. Stephen |
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Drive letters on a workgroup
Windows 98 won't let you map a shared drive on itself - but the SUBST
command should do the trick for you: Discovered that I can't share a SUBSTed drive, and as you say, I'm not allowed to map a local drive. I'm wondering if the only solution is -: Server: 1) Subst local drives to create a "set of drive letters" Server: 2) Share specific folders Client: 1) Map the same set of server drive letters to the specific folders shared above. Seems a bit clumsy. Stephen |
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Drive letters on a workgroup
Well, it's the only choice you have. Sorry.
-- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Stephen Ford" . wrote in message ... Windows 98 won't let you map a shared drive on itself - but the SUBST command should do the trick for you: Discovered that I can't share a SUBSTed drive, and as you say, I'm not allowed to map a local drive. I'm wondering if the only solution is -: Server: 1) Subst local drives to create a "set of drive letters" Server: 2) Share specific folders Client: 1) Map the same set of server drive letters to the specific folders shared above. Seems a bit clumsy. Stephen |
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Drive letters on a workgroup
Well, it's the only choice you have. Sorry.
-- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Stephen Ford" . wrote in message ... Windows 98 won't let you map a shared drive on itself - but the SUBST command should do the trick for you: Discovered that I can't share a SUBSTed drive, and as you say, I'm not allowed to map a local drive. I'm wondering if the only solution is -: Server: 1) Subst local drives to create a "set of drive letters" Server: 2) Share specific folders Client: 1) Map the same set of server drive letters to the specific folders shared above. Seems a bit clumsy. Stephen |
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Drive letters on a workgroup
Well, it's the only choice you have. Sorry.
Implemented drive letters. Seem to work OK. Thanks. Stephen |
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Drive letters on a workgroup
Well, it's the only choice you have. Sorry.
Implemented drive letters. Seem to work OK. Thanks. Stephen |
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Drive letters on a workgroup
You're welcome.
-- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Stephen Ford" . wrote in message ... Well, it's the only choice you have. Sorry. Implemented drive letters. Seem to work OK. Thanks. Stephen |
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