Can not share CDROM Drive on Server 2003

Problem: Can not share CDROM drive on Server
OS: Server 2003 for small business Server Servicepack 2 (german)
logged on as: Domain Administrator

Hello,

I try to share the CD ROM Drive on a Server. I can share all Harddrives and
folders, but not the CD Rom drive. Wehn I rightclick the cd drive, "Shares
and Security" is missing. If i click on the properties for the drive, I see
General, Autoplay, and Hardware, but no Security or shares. but they are
available if i try to share a Harddrive or folder instead.

So I tried to rightclick "my computer", manage, shared folders, shares, and
"new share". Clicked on NEXT, Browse, selected the CD Drive, OK, NEXT, I get
the warning it is not recommended, if I want to do it anyway, and I click yes.
Then I get an error message "The following Error occured when retrieving the
information from path "\\?\f:\" wrong parameter."
If I do the same with a Harddrive or folder it displays \\servername instead
of questionmark.
The cd drive is listed as the f$ share F: and when I compared to another
2003 server I installed yesterday, I only saw the c$ to c: share on that one

I have tried to remove the cd drive from device manager and refresh so it
was found again, I have assigned another drive letter, I tried a second drive
letter with the command "subst", and had the same Issue. I have changed the
IDE controller settings from PIO to "DMA when possible".

Any suggestion is appreciated.

Thanks, Henrik

Henrik

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"Henrik" <Henrik@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:189DDB68-81E2-4E3B-922B-2FCBBD1220FE@microsoft.com...
> Problem: Can not share CDROM drive on Server
> OS: Server 2003 for small business Server Servicepack 2 (german)
> logged on as: Domain Administrator
>
> Hello,
>
> I try to share the CD ROM Drive on a Server. I can share all Harddrives and
> folders, but not the CD Rom drive. Wehn I rightclick the cd drive, "Shares
> and Security" is missing. If i click on the properties for the drive, I see
> General, Autoplay, and Hardware, but no Security or shares. but they are
> available if i try to share a Harddrive or folder instead.
>
> So I tried to rightclick "my computer", manage, shared folders, shares, and
> "new share". Clicked on NEXT, Browse, selected the CD Drive, OK, NEXT, I get
> the warning it is not recommended, if I want to do it anyway, and I click yes.
> Then I get an error message "The following Error occured when retrieving the
> information from path "\\?\f:\" wrong parameter."
> If I do the same with a Harddrive or folder it displays \\servername instead
> of questionmark.
> The cd drive is listed as the f$ share F: and when I compared to another
> 2003 server I installed yesterday, I only saw the c$ to c: share on that one
>
> I have tried to remove the cd drive from device manager and refresh so it
> was found again, I have assigned another drive letter, I tried a second drive
> letter with the command "subst", and had the same Issue. I have changed the
> IDE controller settings from PIO to "DMA when possible".
>
> Any suggestion is appreciated.
>
> Thanks, Henrik