When you create the share you will have to give it a sharename - whatever you like as long as it's unique on the machine (by default it's the directory name). Just beware that default permissions are Everyone/FullControl ! ! !
X: is any unused drive letter on Box1 - you can't use D: because it already exists as a local drive on Box1. The net use creates a "virtual" drive on Box1 with a root wherever you created the share on Box2.
net use - without any parameters shows the current network mappings.
dir X: - will show you where the root is!
Additional warning - I suggest you experiment with a domain user that has rights on both boxes. If you start by setting up users in groups and giving permissions by group etc etc, you may do it perfectly correctly, but have the net use fail because the NT security stuff hasn't been replicated (if that's the right word) between the machines - this can take a LONG time.
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