Slow HDD Performance due to "missing" Network Drive?

Greetings!

I own two 3D Printers of which one is a Prusa i3 MK3S into which I've installed a Toshiba FlashAir WiFi-SD Card that can and has been mapped as a Network Drive on the PC I do my 3D Modellig on to remove the need of constantly running back and fourth between that PC and the 3D Printer, residing at the other end of the house, to shuffle files onto.

Ever since adapting this quality of life feature I noticed the PC, with that mapped Network Drive, becoming unresponsive for like 30sec+ whenever I save a file - Doesn't matter what I save, where I save to, and which program I use to save - Could be Photoshop CC saving a *.psd to the Image Folder, could be the Browser saving an *.exe to my NAS Folder, etc... At first I didn't associate with the mapped Network Drive because sometimes it wouldn't show these symptoms until it hit me that the hang up would be caused by the Network Drive not being online due to the 3D Printer - and subsequently also the WiFi Card - having been remotely shut down.

So basically:
3D Printer + WiFi Card ( Mapped Network Drive ) online = PC saving files without issues.
3D Printer + WiFi Card ( Mapped Network Drive ) offline = PC becoming unresponsive for like 30sec when saving files.
( the problem usually eases down with subsequent saves but still... )

Is there maybe a Win10 20H2 setting that can be used to deal with this issue of the PC becoming unresponsive without me having to turn on the 3D Printer just to save an Image I found on the iNet? 🤨

Is it possible for you to map and unmap the printer as needed? Here is an example:

Add mapped drive:
> net use Z: \\DarkMatter\m-dvd

Delete mapped drive:
> net use Z: /delete

I'm not exactly sure how I'd be using those commands ( Command Line Batch File? ) but it sounds like I'd only be circumventing the problem - Not actually solving it which kinda rubs me the wrong way 🤔

Durahl said:

I'm not exactly sure how I'd be using those commands ( Command Line Batch File? ) but it sounds like I'd only be circumventing the problem - Not actually solving it which kinda rubs me the wrong way 樂

In "Type here to search" box enter
Cmd
You will see Command Prompt app
Right-click on that and select Run as Administrator
You will see Administrator Command Prompt window
You can type the commands there

You can also create individual batch files for each command

I fully realize what I said was not a solution but a workaround. I just posted it in case you don't find a real solution.