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Mapping a Network Drive

1) Click on My Computer icon on your desktop.

Image of My Computer in Windows XP

2) Select Tools>Map Network Drive from the drop down menu on the top of the My Computer window.

Menu Option "Tools" with the menu option

3) Select a drive letter for your new network drive. For the server named "titan" we generally recommend the drive letter "T". Type in the name of the server and folder you wish to access proceeded by two "backslash" characters in the textbox labeled Folder. For example, if you want to map to the titan server, and you have a folder named "dstone", then you would enter the following into the "Folder" textbox: "\\titan\dstone".

4) Click the link labeled different user name, which can be found below theReconnect at logon checkbox.

Map Network Drive Dialog Box with the Network Path Entered

5) Type your networkID into the User Name textbox, preceeded by "SPSU\". For the networkID dstone, you would enter "SPSU\dstone". Type in your SPSU networkID password. This is the same as your email password. If you forgot your SPSU networkID password, you can reset it at http://accounts.spsu.edu

"Connect As" Dialog Box - with

6) Click the Finish button to complete mapping the drive.

Map Network Drive Dialog Window with All Variable Entered

7) Open My Computer again, and the network drive will appear in the list with the other drives available on your computer. The drive will behave in a similar manner as the other drives on your system.

My Computer with Network Drive Listed

 

 

 

 



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