"Network Drive No Longer Exists" Error with NetFlex Card

Last reviewed: January 12, 1996
Article ID: Q132789

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

Client computers connecting to a server that is using a NetFlex network card may receive the following error message:

    Network Drive no longer exists. Abort, Retry, Fail.

The client computers continue to function properly. Trying to reconnect to the server is sometimes successful, although a restart of the server may be necessary.

CAUSE

The error message is caused by heavy file I/O (Input/Output) stress, similar to that of benchmark utilities.

RESOLUTION

The server must be restarted, and the heavy file I/O stress must be offloaded from that server to one or more alternate servers.

MORE INFORMATION

The NetFlex network card is manufactured by Compaq Computer Corporation, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

KBCategory: kbnetwork kb3rdparty kbhw kberrmsg
KBSubcategory: posfest win95 MSNets NETHW
Additional reference words: 95

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Last reviewed: January 12, 1996
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