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# Mapping Drive Letters to Shared Folders

Mapping drive letters means assigning "letters" to the names of shared folders. Mapping drive letters is one of the easiest ways to manage files because you can save files and folders to mapped drive letters just as you can to other drive letters on your computer, such as the C: and D: drives.

You can map letters by using one of the following methods.

- To map a drive letter using HP software
- To map a drive letter using Windows XP
- To disconnect a drive letter using Windows XP
- To map a drive letter using Windows Vista

| To map a drive letter using HP software

1. At the computer, click Start, All Programs, HP Media Vault, and then Control Center.
2. On the Tools tab, click Map Drive Letter.
3. The HP Media Vault Drive Mapper opens.
4. Click a shared folder in the Select shared folder box.
5. Select a drive letter from the Select Drive Letter drop-down list.
6. Mapping drives usually defaults to the letter Z:, but you can select any drive letter.
7. Click Map Drive.
8. Click Close when you are finished mapping drive letters to shared folders.

| To map a drive letter using Windows XP

1. Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, Windows Explorer, My Computer.
2. Click the Tools menu, Map Network Drive...
3. Select a letter from the Drive drop-down list.
4. In the Folder box, browse to your shared folder or type the Uniform Naming Convention (UNC).
5. For example: enter \\HPMediaVault\Documents (HPMediaVault is the device name; Documents is the name of the shared folder.)
6. Check Reconnect at logon.
7. Click Finish.

| Note
| Special considerations when mapping drive letters:

- If you changed the name of your server, enter the new name instead of HPMediaVault in step 4 above.
- When mapping drive letters to shared folders that are password protected, you must complete an additional step: enter the shared folder’s user name and password when prompted. Use the shared folder’s name as the user name. The password is the one you created. For additional information, see Creating a Shared folder.
- If your server is configured for security and you map drive letters to shared folders, you might have to enter a user name and password. You do not have to enter a user name and password if you already logged onto your Windows computer with the same user name/password.

| To disconnect a drive letter using Windows XP

1. Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, Windows Explorer, My Computer.
2. Right-click on the icon for the mapped drive.
3. Click Disconnect.
4. This removes the drive letter; you can still access the resource from My Network Places.

| To map a drive letter using Windows Vista

Before taking the following steps be sure that Network discovery is turned on.

1. Click Start menu, Computer.
2. In the tool bar, click Map Network Drive.
3. Mapping drives usually defaults to the letter Z:, but you can select another drive letter by following the next two steps:
4. In the Folder box, browse to your shared folder or type the Uniform Naming Convention (UNC).
5. For example: enter \\HPMediaVault\Documents (HPMediaVault is the device name; Documents is the name of the shared folder.)
6. Check Reconnect at logon.
7. Click Finish.

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