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# Browsing Folders

There are several ways to browse folders on the HP Media Vault. This section describes the following options.

- To browse folders from the Control Center
- To use My Network Places in Windows XP to browse
- To use Network in Windows Vista to browse
- To use network addressing to browse
- To use Windows Explorer to browse
- To use Windows Vista Explorer to browse

| To browse folders from the Control Center

1. At the computer, click Start, All Programs, HP Media Vault, and then Control Center.
2. On the Status tab, click one of the following icons.

- Server—click to browse all shared folders on the HP Media Vault
- Documents—click to browse the Documents folder
- Photos—click to browse the Photos folder
- Music—click to browse the Music folder
- Videos—click to browse the Videos folder

3. A browser window opens showing you a list of your shared folders.
4. Double-click the name of a shared folder to browse its contents.
5. If you haven’t saved any files to the shared folder, the folder is empty.

| To use My Network Places in Windows XP to browse

You must map your network drives before completing this procedure.

1. At the computer, click Start, My Computer, My Network Places.
2. In the Name column, locate the shared folder you want to open.
3. For example, if opening the Documents shared folder, My Network Places lists the name as Documents on HPMediaVault.
4. Click Documents on HPMediaVault to open the Documents shared folder and browse its contents.
5. The network address displays in the address bar and should be \\HPMediaVault\Documents.

| To use Network in Windows Vista to browse

1. At the computer, click Start menu, Network.
2. If network discovery is turned off, a message displays in the notification bar. Click the notification bar, and then click Turn on network discovery and file sharing.
3. Double-click the name of your server. For example: HPMediaVault

| Note
| The Network window may also display the name of the HP Media Vault. Click the server, not the media server.

4. Double-click the name of a shared folder.
5. Click Documents to open Documents and see the files stored in this folder. (If you haven’t saved any files to Documents, the window is empty; otherwise you see a list of saved files.)
6. After opening Documents, look at the Windows Address bar to see the network path of your server.

| To use network addressing to browse

Network addressing means that you can access resources on your network by entering their "addresses" in a browser’s Address bar.

1. Open a standard browser window, such as Internet Explorer, Netscape, or Firefox.
2. Delete everything in the Address bar.
3. In the Address bar, enter \\HPMediaVault\Documents, and then press Enter.
4. For example: enter \\HPMediaVault\Documents (HPMediaVault is the device name; Documents is the name of the shared folder.)

| Note
| In Windows Vista, you can use this method from any window containing an Address bar.

5. Network addressing uses the Uniform Naming Convention (UNC) format. This format looks like the following:
6. \\device name\share name. In this example, HPMediaVault is the device name, and Documents is the shared folder or "share name." (For those more familiar with networking terms, the word "Share" is often used instead of "shared folder.")

| Note
| The server comes pre-configured with the name: HPMediaVault. To change the name of your server, see Change the name of your HP Media Vault.

| To use Windows Explorer to browse

If you mapped drive letters to shared folders, you can browse to those folders using Windows Explorer.

1. Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, Windows Explorer, My Computer.
2. Double-click the name of the shared folder you want to open. The drive letter is located at the end of the name.

| To use Windows Vista Explorer to browse

If you mapped drive letters to the Backup, Documents, Music, Photos, and Videos folders, you can browse to those folders using Windows Explorer.

1. Click Start, Computer.
2. Double-click the name of the shared folder you want to open. The drive letter is located at the end of the name.

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