Mapping to a network drive is creating a connection to a new drive on your computer to access its contents
For Windows
Step-by-step guide
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The examples below reference Cornell University servers because the screenshots were borrowed from their website. Please understand we do not connect to Cornell's servers. These are just examples. |
On the Start menu, click Computer.
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3. Select a drive letter except reserved letters U or V. In the Folder box, type the path to the server, for example \\servername.cit.cornell.edu\foldername or \\myserver.mydomain.cornell.edu\e$.
4. Click Check "Reconnect at Logon", which will ensure this mapped drive recreates itself each time you reboot. Do not check ", and then click lick .
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6. In the Password box, type your password for the domain, and then click .
In the future, when you want to connect to this server, the mapped drive should be available. On the menu, click . In the next window, click the server. 
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