HP Media Vault User Manual
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Special considerations when mapping a drive letter:
If you change the name of your media vault, you will enter the new name instead of HPMediaVault in
step
4
above.
When mapping drive letters to Shared Folders that are password protected, you must complete an
additional step: You will have to enter the Shared Folder’s password when prompted. (For more
information on password protecting Shared Folders, see
Enhance security on your Shared Folders
.)
If your media vault is configured for user-based security and you map drive letters to Shared Folders, you
might have to enter a username and password. You will not have to enter a username and password if you
have already logged onto your Windows PC with a username/password. (For more information on user-
Enhance security on your Shared Folders
.)
If you mapped a drive letter, but now want to disconnect it:
1. Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, Windows Explorer, My Computer.
2. Right-click on the icon for the mapped drive.
3. Click Disconnect.
This only removes the drive letter; you can still access the resource from My Network Places.
Map a drive letter using Windows Vista
Before taking the following steps be sure that Network discovery is turned on. For more information, see
Ensure
that Network Discovery is turned on
.
1. Click Start menu, Computer .
2. In the tool bar, click
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 Browse For Folder 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 dialog 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.