Map Network Drive or Share

One of the question that most of the employee I support ask me is “where is my e-file named so and so in the server?”. Most of the time they try to memorize the drive letter of where for example the phone list was saved.

For the benefit of those who do not know what mapping a network drive is here is the definition; mapping a network drive is basically connecting or entering a drive path to the server where e-files are stored. My favorite way of doing it is by Right clicking on START button + Explorer + Tools + Map Network Drive… + Drive letter by clicking on a dropdown arrow on the drive box, then in folder-box I would type in the server name preceded with \\ and then the e-folder name that I want to access. This is how it should look like in the Folder box \\server\folder Name. To learn more about mapping network drive please click on Microsoft Windows e-file Management You can also click Microsoft to see how to connect and disconnect a network drive under Microsoft Windows XP.

For more resources on how to map a network drive for both Mac and Microsoft Windows platforms click Microsoft Windows and Mac

There are alot of tools out there that you could use to simplify the Network drive mapping process but I guess it takes almost the same know how and effort to achieve the same result as described above. However, if you want to try those tools please feel free to do so.

Alternatively, I think the best way to map to a network drive is to use scripts you can also click Windows Logon scripts that would automatically map frequently used Network drives and e-folders when the computer boots/starts. On top of that I created short cuts to those drives and placed them on users desktops.

Regardless of which method is used, users needs to know which -efolder or e-file they are looking for and in which server those files or folders are saved/stored or backed up in.