Re: LAN hard drive

On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:57:40 GMT, "David123" <u53131@uwe> wrote:

>Both my router and LAN hard drive got fried by a lightning strike. Both have
>now been replaced. I have two problems. We use 2 laptops via a wireless
>router, I am getting an error message saying that both computers have the
>same ip address although both seem to connect to the internet ok. Is this a
>problem andhow do I rectify?

Reboot the router and both computers.

>Secondly, we had mapped the old network drive
>and I am now trying to unnstall it from My Computer. I can't seem to do this
>as every time I click on the drive letter, I get a message saying the drive
>is no longer valid and no connection can be made. I want to install my new
>LAN hard drive using the same drive letter. How can I do this?
>Any help much appreciated

Two possible solutions:

1. Right-click the mapped drive, then click Disconnect.

or:

2. Open a command prompt window and enter this command, substituting
the actual drive letter for "z":

net use z: /d
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Desktop Experience)

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On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:36:13 GMT, "David123" <u53131@uwe> wrote:

>Steve Winograd [MS-MVP] wrote:
>>>Both my router and LAN hard drive got fried by a lightning strike. Both have
>>>now been replaced. I have two problems. We use 2 laptops via a wireless
>>>router, I am getting an error message saying that both computers have the
>>>same ip address although both seem to connect to the internet ok. Is this a
>>>problem andhow do I rectify?
>>
>>Reboot the router and both computers.
>>
>>>Secondly, we had mapped the old network drive
>>>and I am now trying to unnstall it from My Computer. I can't seem to do this
>>>as every time I click on the drive letter, I get a message saying the drive
>>>is no longer valid and no connection can be made. I want to install my new
>>>LAN hard drive using the same drive letter. How can I do this?
>>>Any help much appreciated
>>
>>Two possible solutions:
>>
>>1. Right-click the mapped drive, then click Disconnect.
>>
>>or:
>>
>>2. Open a command prompt window and enter this command, substituting
>>the actual drive letter for "z":
>>
>> net use z: /d
>
>Thanks very much for the fast response. Both problems sorted!

You're welcome! I'm glad to help.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Desktop Experience)

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com