--- a/src/eric7/RemoteServerInterface/EricServerFileSystemInterface.py	Sun Feb 18 12:23:14 2024 +0100
+++ b/src/eric7/RemoteServerInterface/EricServerFileSystemInterface.py	Sun Feb 18 17:31:14 2024 +0100
@@ -767,8 +767,15 @@
         @rtype tuple of (str, str)
         """
         if self.__serverInterface.isServerConnected():
-            i = p.rfind(self.__serverPathSep) + 1
-            head, tail = p[:i], p[i:]
+            if self.__serverPathSep == "\\":
+                # remote is a Windows system
+                normp = p.replace("/", "\\")
+            else:
+                # remote is a Posix system
+                normp = p.replace("\\", "/")
+
+            i = normp.rfind(self.__serverPathSep) + 1
+            head, tail = normp[:i], normp[i:]
             if head and head != self.__serverPathSep * len(head):
                 head = head.rstrip(self.__serverPathSep)
             return head, tail
@@ -787,6 +794,33 @@
         """
         return os.path.splitext(p)
 
+    def splitdrive(self, p):
+        """
+        Public method to split a path into drive and path.
+
+        @param p path name to be split
+        @type str
+        @return tuple containing the drive letter (incl. colon) and the path
+        @rtype tuple of (str, str)
+        """
+        if self.__serverInterface.isServerConnected():
+            plainp = FileSystemUtilities.plainFileName(p)
+
+            if self.__serverPathSep == "\\":
+                # remote is a Windows system
+                normp = plainp.replace("/", "\\")
+                if normp[1:2] == ":":
+                    return normp[:2], normp[2:]
+                else:
+                    return "", normp
+            else:
+                # remote is a Posix system
+                normp = plainp.replace("\\", "/")
+                return "", normp
+
+        else:
+            return os.path.splitdrive(p)
+
     def dirname(self, p):
         """
         Public method to extract the directory component of a path name.