Acer Altos EasyStore - Using My Computer;Windows Explorer

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4 Working with Shared Folders
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Using My Computer/Windows Explorer
To access a shared folder using My Computer/Windows Explorer:
1 . Open My Computer/Windows Explorer .
2 . From the T ool s menu, click Map Network Drive .
The Map Network Drive dialog box displays:
The exac t appearance of this dialog box varies, depending on your operating
system.
3 . In the Drive list, select t he drive letter that you want to assign to the shared
folder
.
4 . In the Fold er text box, enter the following :
\\storage_system\shared_folder
where storage_system is the name or IP address of the storage system, and
shared_folder
is the name of the shared folder . For example, if your storage
system’s
IP address is 192.168.0 . 101 and the shared folder name is Photos ,
you would enter the following:
\\192.168.0.101\Photos
Note: You can use t he storage system name only if your computer is in
the same subnet as the storage system, if you added the storage system’s
IP
address and name to your local hosts file, or if you manually registered the
name
with a DNS server in your network.
Alternatively , you can click Browse and select the shared folder from the
Microsoft W i ndows Network .