Mapping Drives

In order to connect to and access networked programs and resources, you must first map a drive from your computer to the appropriate section of the server. Mapping a drive makes your computer think it has an additional drive(s), which are actually areas of the servers. These mapped drives are designated by letters, just as your hard drive and floppy drives have letters. You map a drive by designating the computer name the shared resource is on, and the name of the shared directory. Computer names are designated by two backslashes (\\) followed by the computer name, and shared directories are designated by one backslash (\) followed by the directory name.

Mapping drives under Windows 95/98

  1. Right-click the My Computer icon (usually located in the upper left-hand corner of the desktop)

  2. Choose Map Network Drive

  3. Select any available drive letter (exception: if you want to run any of the Corel WordPerfect 6.1 suite applications over the network, you must select drive letter f for this program)

  4. In the path field, type the appropriate computer name and directory (e.g. for Dr. Peter LaRue's Scholarnet, the computer name is roscoe, and the directory is plarue, so the path would be \\roscoe\plarue).

  5. Make sure the reconnect at logon box is checked so you don't have to do this again.

  6. Click OK.

Mapping drives under Windows for Workgroups

  1. From the Main group, double-click File Manager.

  2. From the pulldown menu, select Drives, then select Connect Network Drive.

  3. Select any available drive letter (exception: if you want to run any of the Corel WordPerfect 6.1 suite applicatons over the network, you must select drive letter f for this program).

  4. In the path field, type the appropriate computer name and directory (e.g. for Dr. Peter LaRue's Scholarnet, the computer name is roscoe, and the directory is plarue, so the path would be \\roscoe\plaure).

  5. Make sure the reconnect at logon box is checked so you don't have to do this again.

  6. Click OK.

Mapping drives under Windows 3.1

  1. From the Main group, double-click the MS-DOS Prompt icon.
  2. From the DOS prompt, type net use x: \\computername\directory where x is any available drive letter (exception: if you want to run any of the Corel WordPerfect 6.1 suite applicatons over the network, you must select drive letter f for this program), computername is the name of the computer you want to attach to, and directory is the directory you want to connect to (e.g. for Dr. Peter LaRue's Scholarnet, the computername is roscoe, and the directory is plarue, so the path would be \\roscoe\plaure).

    Note: The syntax of the "net use" command must be typed exactly as shown above, with a space between "net" and "use," between "use" and the drive letter, and between the colon and the first backslash.

  3. After the drive is mapped, type exit and press Enter to return to windows.