Mapping a Network Drive in Windows

This tutorial will teach you how to temporarily map a network drive in Microsoft Windows XP. A network drive is a shared folder on another computer that acts as an additional drive on your own computer.

• Right-click on the My Network Places link on your desktop or in your Start Menu, and choose the Map Network Drive option.
  

  

• Choose a letter for the new network drive using the Drive drop-down menu.
  

  

• If you already know the address of the folder on the network that you wish to map to a network drive, type it in the Folder text box. Otherwise, click the Browse button. In the Browse for Folder window that appears, use the expanding tree to highlight the folder to which you wish to connect, and click the OK button.
• Click the Reconnect at Login button if you want to automatically map this drive every time you start the computer.
• Verify the settings that you have entered, and click the OK button to map the drive. You can now access and use the folder as you would any other disk.

Note: The computer that hosts the folder that you are mapping must be turned on in order to map the drive. If the host computer is not on, or if you are not connected to the network, or if the sharing permissions on the host computer have not been set appropriately, you may not be able to access the network drive.

Uninstalling a Network Drive

• Right-click on the My Network Places link on your desktop or in your Start Menu, and choose the Disconnect Network Drive option.
  

  

• Left-click on the network drive that you wish to remove, and click the OK button. The drive will be disconnected.