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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => D-Link Storage => DNS-323 => Topic started by: Misty Mountain on October 22, 2009, 11:08:22 AM
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Hi I just bought a DNS 323 and cannot map a drive using the Easy Search utility. I am using Windows 7. I talked to three different tech support people before one finally said they are having lots of problems with Windows 7 compat. The only issue I am running into is this one. Otherwise the DNS-323 is working fine with Windows 7 (for me).
Anyway I am wondering if this is really a Win 7 issue or something else I am missing (I tunred off my firewall and antivirus)
Thanks in advance for any help.
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Mine works great on win7. Have you tried the windows map drive utility as well? What AV software do you have installed?
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Is the mapping utility you are referring to just right clicking on the "Network" node in Windows Explorer and mapping a drive? When I map a drive using that technique it shows up as - ADVirtualDisk\ (\) (E:) in Windows Explorer. Is that ok? I can see all my data so I assume it is...
Thanks for your response.
Toni
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I'm using the DNS-323 and a DNS-321 with several Windows 7 machines, there is no compatibility issue of any kind that I've seen. Mapped drives work just fine using the native Windows 7 network capability.
I have never used any of the D-Link utilities for my NAS boxes, and I've never experienced any issues with access from Windows 2000 and up.
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Ok, I figured it out. As usual it was user error on my part (at least mostly). When I first configured the device I changed the name of the DNS-323 under device settings away from the default of "dlink-<MAC Address>" to my own name and when I went to map a drive in the Easy Search utility it failed. However, when I reset the device back to default system settings the device name was changed back to "dlink-<MAC Address>" format and now I can map the drives from the Easy Search utility.
Thanks for your help folks!
Toni
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As I said, you can name it anything you like and use Windows drive mapping. ;)
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Greetings!
I have a problem with the ESU when I try to create a share: the program says "Failed to map drive".
I have also tried:
1. "net use" command (Error 53)
2. \\(dns name or dns ip addr)\Volume_1: Windows 7 can't reach the address
I can only use FTP successfuly.
Is there something I'm missing?
Thanks in advance :)
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc940100.aspx
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Sorry gunrunnerjohn but I've already reached that link while googling, thanks however :)
Maybe I need another "fresh" install...
Bye :)
Edit:
I've enabled/disabled few network services and the NAS-323 appeared under network devices :)
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I have another DNS-323... it's my 3rd one and I have this weird problem with it. In Windows explorer I am seeing both of my new drives (in my new DNS-323) as ADVirtualDisk\ (\) and it's really bugging me.
I formatted both drives using the Easy Search Utility 4.7.
My system is Windows 7 Ultimate 64
Drives are both set as individual use drives (no RAID) and they are Hitachi 2tb 7200 rpm drives.
DNS-323 is version 1.8
Can someone help please? My two other DNS-323 boxes work great and are real drive letters.
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I am seeing both of my new drives (in my new DNS-323) as ADVirtualDisk\ (\) and it's really bugging me.
This is something to do with Adobe CS4...
if you have a 64bit Windows, and install CS4 with 64bits components,
the Adobe Drive component is also installed...
go here to resolve the issue
http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/688632-remove-adobe-cs4-drive-context-menu-entry/ (http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/688632-remove-adobe-cs4-drive-context-menu-entry/)
and Follow POST#13 instructions to uninstall that component