Viewing Shared Drives And Folders; Mapping A Network Drive - Gateway MX6452 User Manual

Viewing shared drives and folders

Help and
Support
For more information
about workgroups,
click Start, then click
Help and Support.
Type the keyword
workgroups in the
Search box, then click
the arrow.

Mapping a network drive

To view shared drives and folders:
Click Start, then click My Network Places.
1
The My Network Places window opens.
Click/Double-click Entire Network. The
2
Entire Network window opens. If you do not
see the contents of the network after you
double-click Entire Network, click entire
contents.
Double-click Microsoft Windows
3
Network.
Double-click the name of your workgroup.
4
The names of each of the computers in
your workgroup are listed.
Double-click the name of the computer
5
containing the drive or folder you want to
view. All shared drives and folders are
listed.
After a drive or folder on one computer is
mapped as a drive on another computer, the
contents of the drive or folder can be accessed
as if the drive were attached directly to the
computer.
For example, the My Documents folder on
computer 1 is mapped as the Z drive on
computer 2. To access the My Documents folder
on computer 1 from computer 2, double-click
the Z drive.
To map a network drive:
Locate the drive or folder by completing
1
the steps in
folders" on page
Right-click the drive or folder, then click
2
Map Network Drive. The Map Network
Drive wizard opens.
Using the network
"Viewing shared drives and
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