Guidelines for assigning snapshot views to drives (Windows)

Creating a shared directory and assigning it to a drive

From Windows® hosts, you can create a shared directory and assign it to a drive. With this method, you and other team members using Windows hosts can access a view through My Network Places or Network Neighborhood, but the performance is slightly slower than if you use the subst command to assign the view to a drive.

From Windows 95 or Windows 98 hosts, you can assign a shared directory to a drive only if the directory is on some other host; for example, you can use this method to assign someone else's view to a drive. If your view is on a Windows 95 or Windows 98 host, you must use the subst command to assign your own view to a drive.

Using the subst command

Assigning a view to a drive with the subst command provides slightly better performance than making the snapshot view a shared directory. However, only shared directories are accessible through My Network Places or Network Neighborhood. To assign your own view to a drive on Windows 98 computers, you must use the subst command.