"Network Drive No Longer Exists" Error with NetFlex Card
Article ID: 132789
Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006
APPLIES TO
This article was previously published under Q132789
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.
Keywords: KB132789