Network Share and Nethood Issue

1 Mar 2009 11:26 PM

OldSalt

I have a Server with a Workstation connected via an Ethernet LAN. Both use
WinXP SP3. The server has two drives for redundancy and reliability. It is
a dual boot setup.   The new drive recently added has partitions C:
(bootable) and E: for backups for D:.   The older drive has partitions D:
(bootable) and G: with three network shares (one is used for a mapped drive
on the Workstation). Network sharing (both folder and mapped drive) works
fine when using the older drive as server.

But when booting to the new drive (C: ), the network share on C: is not
visible to the Workstation. This is the share needed for the mapped drive on
the Workstation.   The two network shares on G: are still visible and usable
by the Workstation.   Both computers are in the same network group and are
visible in the My Network display. I noticed the inoperative share
properties has an entry of Origin: Nethood.   This is different than the
shares on G: which have the path to the network share in the format
\\Comp\Folder.    Is NetHood the culprit? Is there something special about
shares on a C: partition?   Is there possibly an issue with Administrative
Shares?    I have spent many hours in research and trying various ideas.

2 Mar 2009 3:11 AM

Robert L. (MS-MVP)

On the server run net share command and on one of workstations run net view
\\servername. Compare the results or post back here.

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"OldSalt" <OldS***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a Server with a Workstation connected via an Ethernet LAN. Both use
> WinXP SP3. The server has two drives for redundancy and reliability. It
> is
> a dual boot setup.   The new drive recently added has partitions C:
> (bootable) and E: for backups for D:.   The older drive has partitions D:
> (bootable) and G: with three network shares (one is used for a mapped
> drive
> on the Workstation). Network sharing (both folder and mapped drive) works
> fine when using the older drive as server.
>
> But when booting to the new drive (C: ), the network share on C: is not
> visible to the Workstation. This is the share needed for the mapped drive
> on
> the Workstation.   The two network shares on G: are still visible and
> usable
> by the Workstation.   Both computers are in the same network group and are
> visible in the My Network display. I noticed the inoperative share
> properties has an entry of Origin: Nethood.   This is different than the
> shares on G: which have the path to the network share in the format
> \\Comp\Folder.    Is NetHood the culprit? Is there something special
> about
> shares on a C: partition?   Is there possibly an issue with Administrative
> Shares?    I have spent many hours in research and trying various ideas.
>