WESTERN DIGITAL MY BOOK NOT CONNECTING WINDOWS 7

'not responding' i would have to crash my work just so i could continue. Here is what was happening to me, i would map the drive to //server/share to a new drive letter, then everything would load fine, but after say 2 hours or so (never a set time) i would click a file or open a program that needed a file and get the famous Here is the answer, its not a workaround so much as its a way to avoid the flaws in MS systemsДO NOT USE MAPPING, i know that makes no sense but there is an obvious flaw in the system, its not western digital issues either (though their east india tech support was of little help) rather a defect in another one of MS operating systems. I keep discovering additional steps that need to be taken upon further and further 'research.' There must be a more intuitive approach.

WESTERN DIGITAL MY BOOK NOT CONNECTING WINDOWS 7

Thus, does anyone know each and every thing that must be done in Windows 7 to ensure that the mapped network drive will perpetually reconnect at logon? I say 'each and every thing' because I have found that this is a highly iterative process. I do notД®xpect the other family members to be able to remember each of these steps. It becomes quite a mess if iTunes is loaded with the NAS disconnected, since the music library obviously will not load and will then need to be re-selected the next time the program is started. That is a pain, and the rest of my family that uses this computer Of course, a click on the correct folder will connect. 'could not connect to all network drives' message and both folders of the NAS are shown to be disconnected in Computer. However, if more than 12 hours elapses between shut-down and re-boot, I get the now-very-familiar If I shut-down and re-boot immediately, or, perhaps, within a 12 hour period, the machine will reconnect to the mapped drive at logon. The credentials are being remembered after logoff,

I have added credentials through the credentials manager in the Control Panel.

I have a Western Digital My Book World, 1 TB NAS. Have read a lot of posts on this, but here is my problem. I originally attempted to post this under another thread but this forum wont let me and im tired of fighting about it,

Design or not this is a major weakness with micro$hits systems, i hope everyone see this post as it will help those of you in the future with this issue.

Western digital my book not connecting