SubscribeHow to map a network drive to a location on your network.
What is a mapped network drive?
A mapped network drive is basically an alias for a location on your network. Let’s say you have a folder named WORK on a computer named BOB. You share the WORK folder out on the computer BOB so that the computer JEN will be able to access it over the network. What you can do instead of trying to find the location at \BOBWORK, you can map a network drive to this location and call it the W drive.
To map a network drive, perform the following steps:
1. Right click on MY COMPUTER, select MAP NETWORK DRIVE (Network Neighborhood in Windows 98)
2. Select the drive letter you wish to use for your drive mapping. You can use any letter you desire. Usually people like to use the first letter for whatever resource they are using. So if you are trying to access a folder called WORK, you might want to use W:.
3. Now you can either type the path to the location on the network for the folder that is shared out (i.e. \BOBWORK), or you can click BROWSE and try to find the folder.
Note: If you cannot find the folder, either the computer is not on the network, or the folder is not shared in a way that you can see it from another computer . You must learn to share and set permissions on the computer with the folder.
4. Click FINISH. The folder should display the files you mapped to.
Also see:
Share a folder or drive - Microsoft
How to connect and disconnect a network drive in Windows XP - Microsoft
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