Click " Service"- "Map network drive"
OverviewOK".
You can change the drive letter, if it is busy, to do this press Disk and select a letter. When finished, click " Ready".
As a result, you will see the mapped network drive.
How to map a network drive in Windows 7.
Before you connect a network drive on Windows7, you need to check the network settings, for this go to " Start "-" Control Panel "-"or click on the button Network connection in the Taskbar and select "Network and Sharing Center".
In the opened window Network and Sharing Center look at which network is used (in this example - Working) click on "".
In the profile you are using (home, work or general), check if Network discovery if off, turn on. Save your changes.
Now you can proceed directly to connecting a network drive, for this go to Computer, press " Map network drive".
The Map Network Drive window will open. Click " Overview", select the computer on which the network folder is located, click on it and select the required folder, click" OK". You can change the drive letter, to do this, click on the field highlighted in yellow and select a different letter. At the end, click" Ready".
In addition to this method, to map a network drive, you can
How to map a network drive in Windows 8.
Before you connect a network drive on Windows8, you need to check the network settings, for this go to "Control Panel" - "Network and Sharing Center"or click on the Network Connection button on the Taskbar and select "Network and Sharing Center".
In the window that opens, see which network is used (in this example - Public) click on " Change advanced sharing options".
In the profile you are using (private, guest or public), make the necessary changes, namely:
Turn on network discovery; 
Save your changes.
Now you can connect a network drive, for this click on the shortcut Computer select tab "Computer"-"Map network drive".
The Map Network Drive window will open. Click " Overview", select the computer on which the network folder is located, click on it and select the required folder, click" OK". You can change the drive letter, to do this, click on the field highlighted in yellow and select a letter. At the end, click" Ready".
As a result, a network drive will appear.
Mapping a network drive using a script in Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8.
To connect / disconnect a network drive and a network printer, use the command net use, here is the syntax for this command:
NET USE
[device_name | *] [\\ computername \ resource_name [\ volume] [password | *]]
Username]
Username]
[ | ]
NET USE (device_name | *) [password | *] / HOME
NET USE
The NET USE command connects a computer to a share or disconnects a computer from a share. When the command is used without parameters, a list of the connections for this computer is displayed.
device_name Assigns a name to connect to a resource or specifies a device to disconnect from. There are two types of device names used: disk devices (letters D: to Z :) and printers (LPT1: to LPT3 :). If you enter an asterisk (*) instead of a device name, the next unoccupied name is assigned.
\\ computername Specifies the name of the computer that is controlling the share. If you use spaces in the computer name, you must enclose the entire parameter in quotation marks, along with two backslashes (\\). The computer name can be 1 to 15 characters long.
\ resource_name Specifies the network name of the share.
\volume Specifies the NetWare volume on the server. To access NetWare servers, you must install and run the NetWare Client Services (Windows Workstations) or the NetWare Gateway Service (Windows Server).
password Specifies the password required to access the share.
*
Specifies a prompt for a password. The password is not displayed when typed at the command line.
/ USER Specifies another username with which to establish the connection.
domain name Indicates a different domain. If no domain is specified, then the current domain used when logging into the network is assumed.
Username Specifies the username to log on to the network.
/ SMARTCARD Indicates that this connection uses credentials from a smart card.
/ SAVECRED Indicates that the username and password should be saved. This parameter is ignored if the command does not prompt for a username and password.
/ HOME Connects the user to the home directory.
/ DELETE Cancels the network connection and removes it from the list of persistent connections.
/ PERSISTENT Controls the use of persistent network connections. The default is the last used parameter.
YES Saves established connections and restores them the next time you log on to the network.
NO Does not save established connections or subsequent connections, so they will not be restored the next time you log on. The / DELETE option is used to remove persistent connections.
An example of using the net use command:
net use z: / delete
net use z: \\ computer1 \ Shared Folder
net use / Persistent: Yes
net use z: / delete- command to unmount network drive Z.
computer1 \ Shared Folder - path to the shared folder (network folder)
net use / Persistent: Yes- on reboot, restore mounted disks (if you specify NO - reset settings).
In order to create a script, create a text file, write down the necessary commands, save. Change file extension
from TXT to BAT. Now you can just run the BAT file with two clicks of the mouse and all the prescribed commands will be executed.
For active exchange of data over a local network, you can use network folders that store various information you need. However, for complete convenience, these folders can be configured as a network drive.
And in this article we will consider connecting a network drive using the example of Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 10 operating systems.
How to map a network drive in windows xp?
So let's start with Windows XP. To add a network drive, go to the "My Computer" section and in the "Tools" menu click on the "Map Network Drive" tab
You will see the "Map Network Drive" window, where there will be two active editing windows: "Drive" and "Folder"
The active "Disk" editing window means that you can select any "unoccupied" letter of the Latin alphabet to designate a disk.
To do this, click on the arrow of the active window and select the drive letter you need
And the active "Folder" editing window means that you have to specify which you want to make a network drive. To do this, click on the "Browse" tab and select the location of your folder. It can be either yours or another
This completes the creation of a network drive in Windows XP, and we move on to the next example.
How to map a network drive on windows 7?
When creating a network drive on windows 7, you should first make sure that the network settings are configured correctly. To do this, click on the network connection icon in the lower right corner and select "Network and Sharing Center"
Or click on the "Start" menu, click on "Control Panel" and find the "Network and Sharing Center" tab.
You will open the Network Control Center window, where you will need to go to the "Change advanced sharing settings" tab, after looking at which network is used (in this example, it is "Home").
To do this, you need to check the box "Enable network discovery"
After the done manipulations, you can start creating a network drive on windows 7. To do this, go to the "My Computer" section and click the "Map Network Drive" tab.
You should open the Map Network Drive window, where you should select a drive letter and specify the path to your network folder. To do this, first select the drive (by single-clicking on the "Drive" tab), and then click the "Browse" button, where select the computer name, as well as the name of the network folder and click "OK"
What is a network drive in windows 10?
And in the third example, we will analyze how to map a network drive in windows 10.
To make a network drive here, first of all, you should check the network settings. To do this, right-click on the network icon in the lower right corner of the taskbar and select "Network and Sharing Center"
You will open the Network Management window, where you should click on the "Change advanced sharing settings" tab
In the next window, check the box next to the "Enable network discovery" tab (if it is not there) and click on the "Save changes" button
Now you can start mapping a network drive in windows 10.
Go to the "This computer" tab → "Computer" menu and click on the "Map network drive" tab
The "Map Network Drive" window will open, where you will be prompted to change or leave the letter of the network drive, as well as specify the path for the location of the network folder
net use mapping a network drive
It should be noted that there is another way to map a network drive in the Windows family, namely using a script.
To use the script to map a network drive, you need the "Net use" command: this command allows you to connect a network share.
Within the framework of this article, we will not give the full syntax of the "Net use" command, limiting ourselves to only a few of them.
To do this, open a text editor (for example, Notepad) and write the command there:
net use z: \\ WORK \ Users, where the letter "Z" stands for the letter of the network drive, and \\ WORK \ Users stands for the network path of the folder (in your case, it must be different). Next, add the inscription: net use / Persistent: Yes, which means restore the mounted disk upon reboot. Then save the text document under the "bat" extension
Now if you click on the file that you saved, then your network drive will automatically be mapped
Windows 7 is a wise and practical decision on your part. I’ll explain why. Anyone who organized a local network in his home constantly uses certain data that are on other computers using this very local network.
In order to increase the convenience of your work, you can connect a network drive to your computer. What it is? This is just a network folder that is connected in such a way that your computer or laptop will see it like its own hard drives. A certain letter is assigned to it, after which you can simply forget that it is actually located on another device.
In order for you to be able to attach a Windows 7 network drive to your computer or laptop, open the standard explorer, which is located in the "Standard" folder. To do this, click the "Start" button, select the "All Programs" section in the menu that appears, and then expand the "Accessories" tab. There will be the "Explorer" we need, and run it. When you've done that, look at the top of the menu called "Tools". Open it and select "disk". At this moment, a corresponding window should open, in which we will set the necessary settings with you.
The first thing to do is to select the desired letter in the opened window. Once you do this, your network drive will assign it to itself. Note that you can only select a letter that is not yet used by other devices (hard drives, CD-ROM drives, floppy drives, etc.). After that, you will be required to specify the exact location of the directory. You must register the desired path to the folder that you want to use as a network drive. This can be done in a variety of ways. For example, you can enter the exact address using the keyboard, and you can also locate this resource by clicking on the "Browse" button. The latter method will be much more convenient and faster.
An important condition: during the implementation of this procedure, the device on which this folder is physically located must be turned on. Otherwise, you will fail, because your computer or laptop simply will not be able to see the required directory.
In the event that you want to connect on behalf of any other user, you will need to check the box next to the field for using other credentials. After that, you will have to fill in all the necessary data for a specific user in the window that will appear in front of you immediately after you confirm your choice using the "Finish" button.
Upon completion of all the above steps, in your window under the name "Computer", a group called "Network Locations" should be displayed. Your new network folder will be reflected there.
Disconnecting a network drive is done in a similar way. Call the explorer window, through the "Service" menu, select the function of disconnecting the network drive. In the window that appears, select the disk that you no longer need, and confirm by clicking on "OK".
Today, when the prices for computer equipment have become more or less acceptable, every member of the family can get their own computer. There is nothing to say about small and medium-sized enterprises, the use of several computers united into a single local network is common in them. Naturally, in such conditions, in the process of work, users often have to exchange files. It is not very convenient to use removable portable drives for this, so the developers of operating systems have implemented such an opportunity as creating a network drive. In fact, this resource is a directory or a separately created logical partition to which it opens, i.e. hosts connected by a local network can connect. Very rarely, network drives on a home PC are created to access them from the global network, for example, when the machine is used as a mini-server, mainly shared folders on cloud services are used to provide uniform access to the user's files from the Internet.
Today we will learn how to create and add a network drive on a local network. The main distributor is usually the administrator's computer, but it can also be any other PC on the network.
Sharing
It all starts with creating a regular folder with unusual properties. Our example resource will be called WorkFolder. Create a folder with a suitable name in the location you need, open its properties, switch to the "Access" tab and click the "Advanced setup" button.
In the new dialog box, check the "Share ..." checkbox, set, if required, the number of simultaneously accessing users, and then click "Permissions". By default, everyone is set to read-only permission, if you want other users to be able to edit files on the disk and write their data to it, change the rights accordingly. Save the settings one by one.
At the last stage of saving, in the properties window, you should see the message "Shared access" and the path itself, starting with two slashes.
Now, by clicking the share button, add in the window that opens the users who will be able to access their PCs in the shared folder, otherwise they will receive a network error, the description of which is presented in the screenshot below.
At this stage, the basic configuration of the network drive is completed. The next step is to test network discovery. If your network is identified as private, discovery should be enabled by default; if it is public, it will most likely need to be opened. Run the command in the Run window control / name Microsoft.NetworkAndSharingCenter, and then click the "Change advanced sharing options" link on the left.
Activate the radio button "Turn on network discovery" in the current profile and apply the changes. To be able to connect a network drive, the performed manipulations should be enough, if the latter then does not want to connect, try changing the network mode.
Adding a network drive
You can connect the newly created resource in different ways, including through the familiar CMD console, but we will consider the simplest option. Right-click on the "This computer" shortcut (no matter where) and select "Map network drive" from the menu.
In the window of the wizard that starts, select a letter for the future resource, be sure to check the "Use other credentials" box, otherwise other users will not even be able to see it on their computers.
Use the browse button to select the folder for which you have configured sharing.
After clicking the "Finish" button, Windows will ask for the current username and password.
The corresponding section should become visible in the main workspace of this computer as well.
To disconnect a network resource, right-click on it and select "Disable" from the menu. You can also select it with the mouse and select on the ribbon menu Network "Disconnect network drive".
Connect by name or IP address
There are also other ways to connect a created and configured share, but they are less convenient. For example, instead of searching for it through the browse, you can specify its symbolic or IP address in the field of the connection window. The symbolic address is specified in the properties of the folder, IP in the properties of the adapter "Local Area Connection" (IPv4 address parameter).
The same address can be obtained from the command line by running the command ipconfig / all(the data will be in the section of the same name).
Using the command line
And finally, let's see how to map a network drive in Windows 7/10 using the CMD command line or the PowerShell console, perhaps this method will seem even faster to someone. The general syntax of the command looks like
net use \\ ComputerName \ ShareName [\ volume]
username]
Here drive Is a free drive letter, and \ ComputerName \ ShareName- path to the shared folder. Let's connect our WorkFolder folder from the desktop as a network drive, for which we execute the following command in the line launched with administrator rights:
net use Z: // DESKTOP-8CS7OLG / WorkFolder / user: compic 11111
Parameter / user is necessary so that the system does not ask for authorization. The string item "comp" in this example is the name of the computer administrator, and "11111" is its current password. To make the network drive permanently connected, and not only during an open session, you can add the key to the end of the command / persistent: yes.
To unmount the disk, run the command net use z: / delete where z is the drive letter.
Unfortunately, in the Windows 10 we tested, when connecting with the net use command, the corresponding volume was not displayed in the "This PC" section, remaining still accessible from the Explorer navigation pane.
So now you know how to set up a network drive, but these are, of course, only general guidelines. Practice shows that in the process of connecting such resources, one often encounters various errors, of which the most common is "The network path was not found". Failures can be caused by problems with the settings of network adapters, with drivers, network security settings, and so on. In such cases, problems are usually resolved privately based on an established cause.
If you have a local network, then the presence of network folders in it is quite a natural phenomenon. File storages, separate shared directories on computers. However, each time opening the required computer in a networked environment and searching for the required directory there can be quite a tedious task. Especially for these and a number of other cases, Windows 7 supports the ability to create a network drive for quick access to directories on the network. But, not everyone knows how to do it correctly. Therefore, within the framework of this article, I will tell you about how to map a network drive in Windows 7, as well as what nuances there are.
In terms of usage, a network drive is no different from a regular drive. You can also record, copy and move files. The only difference is the speed of operations, which should always be remembered. It is smaller, since the files are not read directly from the dick, but are transferred over the network. In addition, it should be borne in mind that if the local network is loaded, for example, several people will use such a disk, then the speed may be very low.
Now, let's look at how to map a network drive in Windows 7 through a standard interface:
1. Open File Explorer and navigate to Computer. This can also be done using the combination "WinKey (Windows key) + E".
2. In the top menu, click on the "Map network drive" item.
3. In the window that opens, as shown in the figure above, you must specify the letter of the network drive, then select the network directory. For example, "\\ computer1 \ video" or "\\ 192.168.0.112 \ video". You can also specify whether you need to recover this disk after restarting Windows. Provide connection credentials if necessary.
4. Click the "Finish" button below.
5. The network drive will be available for use.
As you can see, it is quite easy to create a network drive using the standard Windows 7 interface, but it is always useful to know alternative methods.
Many tools in Windows 7 are available from the command line, which is sometimes very convenient and much faster to use. Therefore, now we will consider how to map a network drive from the console. For this we need the "net" command with the "use" parameter. And here are the actions you can do with this combination:
1. Mapping a network drive... Open a command prompt, type the following command and hit enter:
net use Z: \\ addr \ folder
where " net use"is the command itself," Z:"is the desired drive letter (double quotes are required)," \\ addr \ folder"is the address of the network directory.
The network drive will be created.
2. Set up automatic drive mapping on Windows 7 restart... So, you have mapped the network drive. However, the moment that the disk will or will not be connected after restarting the computer remains unknown (the last execution of the automatic recovery installation command is taken). Therefore, it should be explicitly indicated, for which you need to enter the following command:
net use / Persistent: Yes
where " net use"is the command itself, and" / Persistent: Yes"is a parameter that specifies that the network drive should be mapped every time the system boots. Note that this setting applies to the last mapped drive and becomes the default for all subsequent ones. If you want to specify that the drive does not need to be recovered, then instead of " / Persistent: Yes"must be specified" / Persistent: No".
3. Removing a network drive. Network drives can be temporary, so it is useful to know how to remove them. And here is the corresponding command:
net use Z: / delete
where " net use"is the command itself," Z:"is a network drive," / delete"is a parameter that indicates that this network drive should be deleted.
