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Dra
g
and dro
p
fi les to NAS drive
•
Co
py
an
d
p
aste
d
ata to NAS
d
rive
•
Make and delete
f
older
s
•
Share fi les and folder
s
•
Bac
k
-up your
d
at
a
•
How
y
ou access t
h
e
d
rive wi
ll
d
e
p
en
d
on
y
our com
p
uter’s o
p
eratin
g
s
y
stem.
A brief overview for accessing fi les for both Windows and Mac OS X is
p
rovided next. You should consult your computer’s documentation
f
or more
detailed ex
p
lanations of fi le sharin
g
usin
g
y
our s
p
ecifi c o
p
eratin
g
s
y
stem.
Sharing
fi
les using Windows
The NAS drive supports Microso
f
t Common Internet File System (CIFS), also
k
nown as Server Messa
g
e B
l
oc
k
(SMB)
p
rotoco
l
. An
y
PC runnin
g
Win
d
ows
9
8
,
Win
d
ows Me
,
Win
d
ows 2000
,
an
d
Win
d
ows XP can access s
h
are
d
fi
les on the NAS drive. Once you can view the
f
older in My Computer or in
Windows Ex
p
lorer,
y
ou can dra
g
and dro
p
fi les to this folder like
y
ou can
w
ith any folder
.
There are several alternative ways to view the NAS shared folders in
Windows. For example, you ca
n
U
se the
•
R
u
n
dialogue box accessed through the
S
tar
t
bu
tt
o
n in
the s
y
stem tra
y
.
Browse throu
g
h the
•
N
etwork Nei
g
hborhood
.
U
se the
•
S
earch dialo
g
ue box accessed throu
g
h the
S
tart button
o
r Fi
le
Br
o
w
se
r.
Loo
k
t
h
rou
gh
d
evices in
•
My
Com
p
uter.
R
un Dia
l
ogue
To
fi
nd the NAS drive using this method select
S
tart in the system tray and
select
Run
. In the
Op
en
:
fi eld
p
rovided enter “
\\
sohona
s
” and then
p
ress
O
K
.
You ma
y
alternativel
y
enter “\\” followed b
y
the NAS drive’s IP address
and then press
OK
.
B
rowse Network Nei
g
hborhoo
d
O
p
en t
h
e Fi
l
e Browser an
d
d
ou
bl
e-c
l
ic
k
on Networ
k
Nei
ghb
or
h
oo
d
or
My Networ
k
P
l
ace
s
. Br
o
w
se
t
o
Wor
k
group to
fi
nd the NAS drive shared
f
olders.