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Chapter 2: Sharing Your Network Resources
www.gateway.com
2 Click/Double-click Entire Network. The Entire Network
window opens. If you do not see the contents of the
network after you double-click
Entire Network, click entire
contents
.
3 Double-click
Microsoft Windows Network.
4 Double-click the name of your workgroup. The names of
each of the computers in your workgroup are listed. For
more information about workgroups, see “Naming the
computers and the workgroup” on page 30.
5 Double-click the name of the computer containing the
drive or folder you want to view. All shared drives and
folders are listed.
Mapping a Network Drive
After a drive or folder on one computer is mapped as a drive
on another computer, the contents of the drive or folder can
be accessed as if the drive were attached directly to the
computer.
For example, the My Documents folder on computer 1 is
mapped as the Z drive on computer 2. To access the My
Documents folder on computer 1 from computer 2, click the
Z drive icon.
To map a network drive:
1 Locate the drive or folder by completing the steps in
“Viewing shared drives and folders” on page 43.
2 Right-click the drive or folder, then click
Map Network
Drive. The Map Network Drive wizard opens.
3 Click the arrow button to open the
Drive list, then click
the drive letter you want to map this drive or folder to.
4 Click
Finish.