How Do I Access a Network Drive?
- 1). Double-click the "My Network Places" icon. If you have Windows Vista or 7 this icon is labeled "Network" on the desktop. This opens a new window with a list of computers on your network.
- 2). Double-click the computer that contains the network drive you want to access. You are shown a list of shared network drives on the computer. The root of each drive (C, D or any other physical drive) is hidden. You can still access these hidden drives if you have administrator rights on the machine.
- 3). Right-click the drive shown and select "Map Network Drive." Enter a new drive location or keep the default text. If you want to map to the root of a hard drive, enter "\\<computer_name>\c$" into the drive location. The "$" sign is used for hidden network drives.
- 4). Select a drive letter. This letter is the representation for the network drive, and it's shown on your desktop computer with the list of physical drives. Press the "OK" button.
- 5). Enter a user name and password if you are prompted and press the "OK" button. Double-click the "My Computer" icon on the desktop. You see the newly mapped network drive in your list of available drives.
