Windows 8 Mapped Drives Disappear - Offline Cache

Hi,
We have a Windows 8 machine that has a mapped network drive and we enabled this to be "always available".
When the laptop is connected to the domain the mapped drive is there fine, and you can see that the offline file symbol is on the network folder! However when you reboot the machine and it is not connected to the network the folder disappears from My Computer!
If I then open "run" and type the folder path of the server where this mapped drive is mapped to i am able to view the files fine so they are there and working offline but not via My Computer or the drive letter.
I have tried the following:
Disable and re-enable offline files
Remove all offline files and then re-sync
Any suggestions very much appreciated!
Thanks

Check the Sync Center settings.
Control Panel --> Sync Center
Click Manage offline files and select the General tab.
Verify that the status is showing enabled.

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