i really am interested in working with command prompt, old way though.
You cannot change to a UNC path at a command prompt. However, you can use the pushd command to access a network path. If command extensions are enabled (this is the default in Windows 2000), the pushd command accepts network paths in addition to drive letters and paths. If you specify a network path, the pushd command creates a temporary drive letter that points to the network resource, and then changes the current drive and folder to the new drive letter. Temporary drive letters are allocated starting from Z and then backward through the alphabet, using the first unused drive letter found.
To use the pushd command, type the following line at a command prompt, where uncpath is the UNC path for the network share that you want to use:
pushd uncpath
For example, to connect to a share named Sharename on a server named Servername, type the following line, and then press ENTER:
pushd \\servername\sharename
You can use the popd command to remove the top folder from the stack. The popd command returns you to the previous folder, and removes the temporary drive letter that was created by the pushd command.