formatting my netgear rn104

i used this code and I made a bat file

net use * /d /y
net use t: \\192.168.1.4\nasarc /user:xxxxxxx yyyyyyyy
pause
net use x: \\192.168.1.4\musica /user:xxxxxxx yyyyyyyy
pause
net use y: \\192.168.1.4\risorse /user:xxxxxxx yyyyyyyy
pause
net use w: \\192.168.1.4\archivio /user:xxxxxxx yyyyyyyy
pause

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carlocki wrote:

i used this code and I made a bat file

 

 

net use * /d /y
net use t: \\192.168.1.4\nasarc /user:xxxxxxx yyyyyyyy
pause
net use x: \\192.168.1.4\musica /user:xxxxxxx yyyyyyyy
pause
net use y: \\192.168.1.4\risorse /user:xxxxxxx yyyyyyyy
pause
net use w: \\192.168.1.4\archivio /user:xxxxxxx yyyyyyyy
pause

 

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That should work.

it works except i would like to access inside a folder for "fumetti" but it is ok

can you explain why I need this code on a perfectly working windwos? any limitation of my net card?

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carlocki wrote:

 

can you explain why I need this code on a perfectly working windwos? any limitation of my net card?

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Normally mapped drives are not persistent, so you need to map them again when you reboot (or log out/log in).

There is a switch (/persistent:Yes) that you could add to your script.  For instance

net use t: \\192.168.1.4\nasarc /persistent:yes /user:xxxxxxx yyyyyyyy

Even with this switch, a mapped drive sometimes won't mount.  But it would mount most of the time.

But there are alternatives to mapping shares to drive letters that you might want to google.

• You can create desktop shortcuts for each share from file explorer, that would navigate to the share when you click on them. 
• You can pin network shares to  "quick access"
• Windows 11 lets you pin network shares to start  - not sure if Windows 10 has that feature or not.

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carlocki wrote:

it works except i would like to access inside a folder for "fumetti"

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These other methods would let you access subfolders within shares directly, so they would let you do this.

Mapped drives are the easiest way for a more novice user to access the NAS.  They also help when a program isn't set up to access a network share directly.

As StephenB said, this isn't necessary to access the shares, there are other ways.  But since you never did state how you were attempting to access them, we could not help you figure out what you were doing wrong or simply not doing.

If you were expecting the shares to simply show up, as if they were on a USB drive attached to the computer, then you really didn't do your homework before purchasing a NAS to understand what you were buying.  A little Googling of network access from Windows might be in order.

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Sandshark wrote:

 

If you were expecting the shares to simply show up, as if they were on a USB drive attached to the computer, then you really didn't do your homework before purchasing a NAS to understand what you were buying. 

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FWIW, carlocki has had the RN104 since 2013.  So I think the goal was just getting everything working as it did before he spun up Win10 on this PC.

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Sandshark wrote:

Mapped drives are the easiest way for a more novice user to access the NAS.  They also help when a program isn't set up to access a network share directly.

 

As StephenB said, this isn't necessary to access the shares, there are other ways.  But since you never did state how you were attempting to access them, we could not help you figure out what you were doing wrong or simply not doing.

 

If you were expecting the shares to simply show up, as if they were on a USB drive attached to the computer, then you really didn't do your homework before purchasing a NAS to understand what you were buying.  A little Googling of network access from Windows might be in order.

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I must say thanks to Stephen. I Learnt a lot and everything is working great now.