Can I connect to a network drive on powerup/login?

I am trying to automate backups with psyncx, and want to specify a network drive which sits on an old networked pc's usb port. At the moment, I have to go in finder, click on network, get to the destination drive I want and then it shows up in finder. After all this I can use psyncx and kick off the backup. Is there any way to have this connection happen automatically on login (and if the drive is not present just have it timeout or something?) kind of like nfs mount I guess... but with a network drive sitting on a pc not running samba or anything.
Thanks,
Farshid

Hi.
Try this: Once the network drive is mounted on the Desktop, go to System Preferences/Accounts/Login Items, and drag the drive to the items list. You will have to save the access password for the PC in the Keychain.
Good Luck.

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