Accessing Released Drives Or Folders From Your Pc - Gigaset SE551 WLAN dsl/cable Practical Tips

Accessing released drives or folders from your PC

You can access drives and folders released on other PCs in two different ways:
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via the My NetworkPlaces of your PC (see page 66).
You should choose this alternative if for example you want to copy files or folders
from another PC to your own or vice versa.
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by hooking on to your PC's file system (see page 53).
You should choose this alternative if you want to work directly with the files or fold-
ers of the other PC. In this case, hook on an entire released drive or folder in your
PC's file system and work with the files as if they were files on your PC.
Please note:
Drives or folders can be simultaneously hooked onto several PCs. It is therefore possi-
ble for other users to access the data. Most applications (e. g. word processing soft-
ware) lock files once they have been opened. This prevents inconsistent data pools. If
you cannot open a file because it is locked, you will normally see a message to that
effect.
To hook up network drives:
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Open the Desktop.
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In the Extras menu, select Map network drive.
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Select the drive name under which the remote drive is to be hooked on to your PC.
Using released files and printers
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