I'm in agreement with Richard. I generally avoid Ping as a "server up" test for just the reason that Les pointed out, but given the OP's requirements, it sounds like the server is ON or OFF, and not in a nebulous state. In this particular situation, I'd start with Ping.

Of course, if you are concerned with the server being in a strange state that replies to pings but isn't functional, I'd do something like
 Code:
If Ping($Host, 10)
  If Exist('\\server\share')
    ; copy the files to \\server\share
  Else
    'Server is not functional!' ?
  EndIf
EndIf
Glenn
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