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HP Media Vault User Manual

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3. The HP Media Vault Drive Mapper opens. Follow these steps to map a drive letter:

a. Click a Shared Folder in the Select Shared Folder box.
b. Select a drive letter from the Select Drive Letter drop-down list. (Mapping drives usually defaults

to the letter Z:, but you can select any drive letter.)

c. Click Map Drive.

d. Click Close when you are finished mapping drive letters to Shared Folders.

Map a drive letter using Windows XP or Windows 2000:

1. Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, Windows Explorer, My Computer.
2. Click the Tools menu, Map Network Drive...
3. Mapping drives usually defaults to the letter Z:. but you can select another drive letter by following the

next two steps:

a. To view a list of available drive letters, click the Drive drop-down list.
b. Click a drive letter to select it.

4. To enter the Shared Folder in the Folder box, you have two options:

Click the Browse button and then use Windows Explorer to locate the Shared Folder. After you
find the folder, click to highlight it, and then click OK. The path to the folder will appear in the
Folder box.

In the Folder box, use the

Uniform Naming Convention

(UNC) to enter the path to the Shared

Folder you want to map. For example: enter \\HPMediaVault\FileShare (HPMediaVault is the

device name; FileShare is the name of the Shared Folder.)

5. Select Reconnect at logon. Windows will re-establish the mapped drive every time you start Windows.
6. Click Finish.