Re: Virtual Drive

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From: David Candy (.)
Date: 02/20/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:42:16 +1100

You can just map a drive. So C can be C local and T via the network (nothing stops you connecting to your files via T). This is the easiest. So do what you do on other computers on your computer too.

Or put subst in a shortcut and put it in Startup folder. 

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"okiebeancounter" <okiebeancounter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:12FFA8DF-D3B1-43BF-A4DC-1EB4DCF9298E@microsoft.com...
> The software I use requires data files to me on one drive.  If you use c: 
> then all of the computers will access their own c: drive and will not share 
> the data on the "server".
> 
> I did this on Windows 98 by doing the following;
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> In the autoexec.bat command
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> C:\windows\command\subst T: C:\
> 
> I'm just an accountant, I'm not very savy when it comes to computer 
> "programming".  Thanks for any help you can give.
> 
> 
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
> 
>> Why don't you just enable sharing?
>> 
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>> "okiebeancounter" <okiebeancounter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in 
>> message news:FC2BBA9F-F31C-4EF6-A727-21D80573D7F8@microsoft.com...
>> > How do I set up a "virtual drive".  I need one to mirror my c-drive so 
>> > other
>> > computers on my peer to peer network can access data files. 
>> 
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>>

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