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To map a drive letter using Windows XP 1 Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, Windows Explorer, My Computer. 2 Click the Tools menu, Map Network Drive... 3 Select a letter from the Drive drop-down list. 4 In the Folder box, browse to your shared folder or type the Uniform Naming Convention (UNC). For example: enter \\HPMediaVault\Documents (HPMediaVault is the device name; Documents is the name of the shared folder.) 5 Check Reconnect at logon. 6 Click Finish. Note: Special considerations when mapping drive letters: • If you changed the name of your server, enter the new name instead of HPMediaVault in step 4 above. • When mapping drive letters to shared folders that are password protected, you must complete an additional step: enter the shared folder's user name and password when prompted. Use the shared folder's name as the user name. The password is the one you created. For additional information, see Creating a Shared folder on page 5-63. • If your server is configured for security and you map drive letters to shared folders, you might have to enter a user name and password. You do not have to enter a user name and password if you already logged onto your Windows computer with the same user name/password. To disconnect a drive letter using Windows XP 1 Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, Windows Explorer, My Computer. 2 Right-click on the icon for the mapped drive. 3 Click Disconnect. This removes the drive letter; you can still access the resource from My Network Places. To map a drive letter using Windows Vista Before taking the following steps be sure that Network discovery is turned on. 6-74 Version

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Version
6-74
To map a drive letter using Windows XP
1
Click
Start
,
All Programs
,
Accessories
,
Windows Explorer
,
My
Computer
.
2
Click the
Tools
menu,
Map Network Drive...
3
Select a letter from the
Drive
drop-down list.
4
In the Folder box, browse to your shared folder or type the Uniform
Naming Convention (UNC).
For example: enter \\HPMediaVault\Documents (HPMediaVault is the
device name; Documents is the name of the shared folder.)
5
Check
Reconnect at logon
.
6
Click
Finish
.
Note:
Special considerations when mapping drive letters:
If you changed the name of your server, enter the new name instead of
HPMediaVault in step 4 above.
When mapping drive letters to shared folders that are password
protected, you must complete an additional step: enter the shared folder’s
user name and password when prompted. Use the shared folder’s name
as the user name. The password is the one you created. For additional
information, see
Creating a Shared folder on page 5-63
.
If your server is configured for security and you map drive letters to
shared folders, you might have to enter a user name and password. You
do not have to enter a user name and password if you already logged
onto your Windows computer with the same user name/password.
To disconnect a drive letter using Windows XP
1
Click
Start
,
All Programs
,
Accessories
,
Windows Explorer
,
My
Computer
.
2
Right-click on the icon for the mapped drive.
3
Click
Disconnect
.
This removes the drive letter; you can still access the resource from
My
Network Places
.
To map a drive letter using Windows Vista
Before taking the following steps be sure that Network discovery is turned on.