You could back up your data on an external hard drive, but what if you need to access important files or information that’s located on a computer other than your own? Mapping networked drives grants ...

Drive mapping is one of the most convenient ways to connect to shared files and resources across a business network. In Windows 8, you can connect to any other computer in the network's shared folders ...

Here is something strange I need help on. First of all, I have tried disconnecting the drive and it works. However, upon robooting or logging off, the network drive reappears on the next logon. This ...

I have a question about network drives that I hope Ars can help me with. We have over 25 sites and each site has its own file server/share. In the past, we have given each site a drive letter but with ...

Not being able to access your mapped drives on a Windows computer is a serious issue. It prevents you from accessing files stored across computers or enjoying easy file-sharing over the network. In ...

These instructions describe how to access a College of Science network drive from a Windows or MAC computer. (You need to either be on a campus network or connected via VPN to access network shares.) ...

SkyDrive is a great way to store lots of files in the cloud for easy access remotely. Windows 7 will let you map your SkyDrive folders as network drives, making access even simpler. Rob Lightner Rob ...

Many Linksys wireless router models come with at least one USB port you can use for attaching a USB drive, which you can then use as a media server for networked media devices, an FTP server or even a ...

Windows allows you to map network drives to your computer so that you can access them through File Explorer without always having to search for them or use the ...

So long as you first obtain an on-campus IP (or through a VPN which gives you an on-campus IP), you can map a drive folder to UBfs shared location (e.g., MyFiles, Collab) on your Windows computer.

Assigning an alphabetic letter or name to a storage drive. In a Windows PC, the primary drive is C:. When additional disks, SSDs or optical discs are added, the drive mappings are assigned by the OS ...