Windows 10: Network Drives not recognised by drive name

Discus and support Network Drives not recognised by drive name in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; I have a home network with two network drives, and a few PCs/laptops. A few days ago maybe 22 December 2019, my Dell Windows 10 PC stopped recognising... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by John Whaite Perth, Dec 28, 2019.

  1. JOHN WHAITE PERTH
    John Whaite Perth Win User

    Network Drives not recognised by drive name


    I have a home network with two network drives, and a few PCs/laptops. A few days ago maybe 22 December 2019, my Dell Windows 10 PC stopped recognising the networked drives. My old XP machine has no problem.

    With my Win10 PC, I can connect the drives through the file manager network tab, but they connect using the IP address. I need them to be connected by their drive name.

    I tried to connect one of the shares to a new drive letter V: using the \\drive\share name, and it worked once, but wouldn't reconnect on startup, and when I tried to connect it again, it failed to find the \\drive\share.

    My setup is a little unusual, in that the Win10PC has 2 users - my MS account user, and my legacy logon user which is also an administrator. I use the legacy user for everything including the network drives, and have the MS account to make MS happy.

    :)
     
    John Whaite Perth, Dec 28, 2019
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  2. JOHNWBEASLEY
    johnwbeasley Win User

    The DVD drive was not showing not recognised.

    Thanks for info.

    i have followed steps but still not working.

    the DVDs/cd drive is shown in file manager and it shows it to be working correctly but when a cd/ dvd disc is inserted it is still not recognised.

    If if I double click on the drive in file manager the disc is ejected and I am asked to insert a disc.

    Any further suggestions?

    regards
     
    johnwbeasley, Dec 28, 2019
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  3. LITTLE CAT
    little cat Win User
    little cat, Dec 28, 2019
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  4. SCOPIO
    scopio Win User

    Network Drives not recognised by drive name

    External hard drive not recognised


    Worked out what the problem was with my external drive notbeing recognised. I looked under Device Manager > USB Controllers and there itwas listed with an exclamation mark with the error saying that "the driverfor this device is in memory" or words to that effect. I right clicked thecorresponding Mass Storage device and uninstalled it and then unplugged theexternal drive. I rebooted my desktop and plugged the external drive in againand it reinstalled its driver again and I am now able to use the external driveagain. Network Drives not recognised by drive name :)
     
    scopio, Dec 28, 2019
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