[SOLVED] Mapping drive without letter

[jan.visnovsky9]

Hello, could you guys please help to figure this out with me. Is there a way to map internal HDD as a network drive without Letter ? Bassicaly I want to mimic our server at work so the paths are the same (\\xxserver\blahblah) so i can work from home without the hussle of managing those paths manually. I do not need the automatical mirroring as i will be mannualy copying only needed folders. Thank anyone to help.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Mapping network share means assigning drive letter to the share. It's the definition of mapping.
Mapping share without a drive letter - doesn't make any sense.

So you want to access your HDD as \\xxserver\blahblah

1. create share on your HDD and name it "blahblah"
2. edit \windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file and add line

127.0.0.1 xxserver​

​

That's it.
Next time you try to access \\xxserver\blahblah , you'll be redirected to share on your HDD.
If you want to access real xxserver again, then delete added line from hosts file.

 

[jan.visnovsky9]

Thanks for your reply, thanks about that clarification.
That's exactly what i wanted to do, as soon as i get home I'll give it a shot.

 

[jan.visnovsky9]

Update
It's working just as I have intended.
For anyone else maybe trying there was just minor set back that i couldn't connect so i googled a bit and found this
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...y-to-access-a-server-locally-by-using-its-fqd
then everything works.
Thanks again for help.