1. Mapping Drives Client to Server Lecture 11

2. Mapping Network Drives Prepare the Server On the Server Create the virtual drives This is done from Administrators tools Disk Management Utility Move the required Folders onto these logical drives

3. Windows XP Client Step 1. (Windows XP) Right click the "My Computer " icon in the start menu. Select "Map Network Drive" from the pop up menu.

5. Step 2. (XP) Select an available drive letter in the first field. Use the "Browse..." button to find the "share" you want to map as a drive. If you would like this connection to be persistent, make sure you check the "Reconnect at logon" box. This dialog box will appear slightly different in Win2k and WinNT systems

7. Mapping drives with "net use" command 1. From the start menu, select "Run..."

8. 2. In the "Run..." dialog, type the command using the syntax shown below, replacing "stak" with the correct server name In many cases, "stak" will be the correct server and "lassie" with the correct share or folder you want to map. The last part of the command, ( /peristent:yes) is equivalent to checking "Reconnect at logon" in the GUI example above.

10. You can also type "cmd" in the "Run..." dialog to bring up a DOS terminal and execute the "net use" command from there. "net use /?" will show you a list of options for the command: