Drive Letter Disappears After Installing the NetWare Client
Article ID: 187279
Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q187279
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SYMPTOMS
When you look in My Computer or Windows Explorer, you may not be able to
view or gain access to a local hard disk.
CAUSE
This problem can occur if all of the following conditions are true:
- You have installed the Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks.
- The First Network Drive in Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks is set
to drive F (the default setting.)
- You have four or more logical hard disks on your computer.
Under these conditions, the network drive maps over the local drive.
However, you do not lose data on the disks that are no longer available.
RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, change the First Drive Letter setting in
Microsoft Client For NetWare Network Properties. To do so, follow these
steps:
- Determine the next available drive letter after you take into account
all of your logical disk drives. For example, if your last disk drive
is drive G, then the next available drive letter is drive H.
- Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
- Double-click Network, click Client For NetWare Networks, and then
click Properties.
- Click the letter corresponding to the next available drive driver,
click OK, and then click OK in the Network box.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 98.
MORE INFORMATION
You can have problems processing a NetWare login script if drive F is
assumed to be the first network drive letter. If you have problems gaining
access to network resources, contact your network administrator.
Additional query words: HWDDRV 98
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