Alternatives to Windows File Sharing that have Hard Drive Mapping Capabilities

[coold8]

Hi,

I am currently using Windows File Sharing with Hard Drive Mapping of Folders and it seems to be consistently freezing up my machine randomally while it does some sort of network scan apparantly. I am looking for alternatives to Windows File sharing that support the Mapping of folders to "virtual hard drives". Thanks.

 

[ndruw]

after having problems setting up samba on my linux box, i just set up an FTP server on it and mounted it as a drive using an abandoned Novell project called Netdrive...its pretty cool

try it

 

[InYearsToCome]

I'm not aware of any options other than Samba mounts or FTP that would be better, but just to be sure, have you tried disabling the Auto scan for network folders? http://www.itamer.com/windows-tip-turn-off-automatic-folders-search/214/

You'll still be able to see them when you want to, but it wont waste time scanning until you ask it to