Map Drive to Windows

Drive mapping is the way by which Microsoft Windows associates a local drive letter (A through Z) on a computer with a shared storage area over a network.

After a drive has been mapped, a software application on a client's computer can read and write files from the shared storage area by accessing that drive, just as if that drive represented a local physical hard disk drive.

It is important to always map to the letter N since some Windows links will expect this letter after it has been used the first time.

There are two ways to map the network drive to a Windows drive letter.

(a) Map using the D-Link Easy Search Utility

• 1. Open the easy search utility located on the main laptop at:

     1. Public/Software/D-Link DNS 323 (also shortcut on Joint Desktop)

     2. It looks like this:

• 1. Press the Refresh button until you see the drive in the top box.

  2. Select the drive in the top box.

  3. Select Volume_1 in the bottom box.

  4. Select the letter N from the Available Drive Letters and press Connect.

(b) Map using Windows Explorer

• 1. Open Windows Explorer. In Vista press ALT to expose the file menu.

  2. Click Map network Drive in the Tools menu.

  3. Select Drive: N

  4. Enter Folder: \\NETWORK-DATA\Volume_1 (backslashes are important)

  5. Select Reconnect at Log on and press Finish