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Aspirant

Apr 03, 2022

Mapped drives not accessible after PC reboot (ReadyNAS RN102)

RN102 OS: 6.10.5 When I was mapping the network drives for the Shares on RN102 on a new Win 10 PC, Win 10 asked me to log in which is unusual because it did not ask for that on my old PC, given also...

StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Apr 04, 2022

dstsui wrote:

When I subsequently rebooted the machine, Windows failed to connect the drives, saying they are not accessible, the username or password is incorrect.

Go into the Windows credential manager and delete any credentials you see for the NAS.

You can also try this test: Open CMD and enter

net use * /delete /y
net use z: \\nas-ip-address\data /user:admin nas-admin-password

using the real NAS IP address and password of course. That should map the full data volume to drive letter z.

Be careful with the two different slash directions in the above commands.

dstsui
Aspirant
Apr 04, 2022
Go into the Windows credential manager and delete any credentials you see for the NAS.
I cannot see any credentials that resembles the NAS. What does that look like?
- StephenB
  Guru - Experienced User
  Apr 04, 2022
  dstsui wrote:
  
  I cannot see any credentials that resembles the NAS. What does that look like?
  
  They would be windows credentials for either the NAS hostname or its IP address.
  - dstsui
    Aspirant
    Apr 05, 2022
    There is nothing that suggests NAS or its IP address.