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I recently obtained a new computer, and I've been trying to map a network drive so that I can access it from This PC, similar to a normal hard drive. The network drive is a Seagate GoFlex Home connected to a router via ethernet, and the computer is running Windows 10 Home and connected wirelessly. I've tried connecting using the wizard in This PC. After I enter the credentials, I get this message:
The mapped network drive could not be created because the following error has occurred:
A specifid logon session does not exist. It may already have been terminated.
I'm certain that the credentials are correct. I do have a second computer, which has both Windows 7 and 10 installed, and it can connect fine when running either OS.
One thing that I noticed is that on the dual-boot computer, the drive is listed in Network as a computer, even if it's not mapped. It does appear in the new computer's Network folder, but as a storage device and media device. I can access it from here, but only image and sound files are listed.
I can also connect by entering the drive's IP address into a web browser. I can access all of the files from here, but it's a bit inconvenient. If I enter the IP address into Explorer instead of the device name (\\\\192.168.1.2
instead of \\\\GOFLEX_HOME
), I'm able to see the shared folders, but if I try to enter one, it asks for credentials, and after I enter them, I get the same error message.
I've tried chnging the IP address; I've tried making the workgroups of the drive and computer the same; I'm not really sure what else to try. It's worked fine for several years with the other computers, but it doesn't work from the new one.
Any suggestions?
This happened to me just now - my PC stopped connecting to my NAS drive. It must be something to do with the most recent Windows Update (which installed itself last night). That's not great :-/ – Grim... – 2016-09-20T19:23:50.273