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This wikiHow teaches you how to set up a network drive on a Windows or Mac computer. A network drive is a shared folder that two or more computers on the same network can use.

On Windows

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You need to make sure that the computers are sharing the same network. These computers must be on the same Internet network for the network drive you choose to display on the remaining computers.
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Enable network discovery. If the computer is not set up to detect other computers on the network, you need to enable this feature by:

  • Open Start
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  • Enter control panel
  • Click on Control Panel
  • Click Network and Sharing Center (you may need to click the Network and Internet heading first).
  • Click Change advanced sharing settings in the upper left.
  • Check the “Turn on network discovery” box.
  • Check the “Turn on file and printer sharing” box.
  • Click Save changes at the bottom of the window.
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Open Start Windows Start

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. Click the Windows logo in the lower left corner of the screen.

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Open File Explorer Windows Start Explorer

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. Click the folder icon at the bottom left of the window.

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Click This PC on the left side of the File Explorer window. The This PC window will open.
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Click the Computer tab in the upper left of the window. The toolbar will appear near the top of the window.
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Click the Map network drive icon. This option is in the “Network” section of the toolbar. You need to make sure that you click on the flash drive icon and not the word Map network drive . [1]
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Select the drive name. Click the “Drive” drop-down box and choose a letter from the menu that appears. As such, this letter will be selected as the network drive name for you to recognize later.
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Click Browse… . This option is on the right side of the window. A window will pop up.
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Select the folder to use the drive. Click on the computer where you want to create the drive, then find and click the folder to use.
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Click the OK button at the bottom of the window.

  • If an error is displayed, the folder you selected cannot be shared. This usually happens if the directory is set to read-only.
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Click Finish at the bottom of the window. The network drive will be created and shared with all computers on the same network.

  • If the computer has been changed to another network channel, you will have to set up the network drive again.
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Access the drive on another computer on the same network. As long as the other computer on the same network has network discovery and file sharing turned on, you should be able to open the selected drive by going to This PC and double-clicking the network drive located below the “Devices” heading and drives” (Devices and drives).

On Mac

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You need to make sure that the computers are sharing the same network. The computers must be on the same Internet network for the network drive of the computer you choose to display on the rest of the computers.
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Enable network discovery. If the computer is not set up to detect other computers on the network, you need to enable this feature by:

  • Open the Apple menu
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  • Click System Preferences… (Customize System)
  • Click Sharing
  • Check the “File Sharing” box.
  • Close the System Preferences window.
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Open Finder. Click the blue face icon located in the Mac’s Dock.
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Select folder. Click the folder on the left side of the Finder window to open it, then click the folder you want to use as the network drive.
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Click the File menu item at the top of the screen. A menu will drop down.
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Click Get Info . This option is in the File drop-down menu. The folder’s information window will open.
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Copy the location of the folder. Click and drag your mouse over the text to the right of the “Where:” heading to select the folder location, then press ⌘ Command + C to copy the path.

  • This path is usually something like “System/FpderName”.
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Click the Go menu item at the top of the screen. A menu will drop down.

  • If you can’t find the Go item in the menu bar, open a new Finder window to show it. You can also click on the desktop.
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Click Connect to Server . This option is at the bottom of the Go drop-down menu. A window will pop up.
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Enter the computer name with a slash. You need to proceed to enter the “smb://” (or “ftp://”) text field at the top of the Connect to Server window.

  • For example, if the computer’s name is “Rhonda”, you would enter Rhonda/ here.
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Paste the directory address. Press ⌘ Command + V to paste. The computer name and folder address will appear in the text field.
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Click the + sign to the right of the address bar. The folder address will be added to your Mac. [2]
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Click Connect . This blue button is at the bottom of the window.
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    Enter your credentials when prompted. The username and password you need to enter here will be network dependent, so ask your system administrator if you don’t know this information.

    • Once logged in, you will see the flash drive icon along with the folder name on the desktop.

    • Advice

    • If you don’t want to use the folder on your computer as a network drive, you can connect the external hard drive to the router via an Ethernet adapter (or USB cable if the router supports it), then select ROUTER in the browser window for network drives. This way will make the drive stable because compared to the computer, the router changes less and is more often online.
    • The server that contains the network drive folder must always be on and online before other computers can access the drive, so you need to make sure that updating your computer is done outside of business hours.

    Warning

    • If the computer containing the network drive goes offline, you won’t be able to access the network drive on any of the computers until the server comes back online.

    This wikiHow teaches you how to set up a network drive on a Windows or Mac computer. A network drive is a shared folder that two or more computers on the same network can use.

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