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Misty Mountain
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« on: October 22, 2009, 11:08:22 AM »
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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ECF
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« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2009, 01:25:44 PM »
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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Misty Mountain
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« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2009, 03:19:51 PM »
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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gunrunnerjohn
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« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2009, 04:24:31 PM »
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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Misty Mountain
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« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2009, 09:21:25 PM »
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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gunrunnerjohn
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« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2009, 05:17:46 AM »
As I said, you can name it anything you like and use Windows drive mapping. Wink
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Khahil
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« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2009, 09:06:40 AM »
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 Smiley
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gunrunnerjohn
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« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2009, 09:41:17 AM »
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc940100.aspx
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Khahil
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« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2009, 11:48:23 AM »
Sorry gunrunnerjohn but I've already reached that link while googling, thanks however Smiley

Maybe I need another "fresh" install...

Bye Smiley

Edit:

I've enabled/disabled few network services and the NAS-323 appeared under network devices Smiley
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painless187
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« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2010, 08:24:40 PM »
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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Buhric
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« Reply #10 on: May 28, 2010, 04:58:56 AM »
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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/
and Follow POST#13 instructions to uninstall that component
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