You could back up your data on an external hard drive, but what if you need to access important files or information that’s located on a computer other than your own? Mapping networked drives grants ...

Mapping a network drive — also known as “mounting” a drive — allows you to create an easy access point to specific data on a network server using your own computer. If you frequently need to consult ...

I will never fault someone for asking a tech question that feels “basic,” because we all had to get our start somewhere. Few of us popped out of the womb knowing how to access a network share in ...

Using windows XP, I know how to map a network drive over normal ftp, but the obvious way of trying to do this with secure ftp doesnt work (by simply replacing the ftp with sftp when determining the ...

A Friday tip via @scottisafool, a good friend of mine who knows Live Writer like the back of his hand. You can now use Windows Live SkyDrive as a network location which sits as a drive in your ...

Many Linksys wireless router models come with at least one USB port you can use for attaching a USB drive, which you can then use as a media server for networked media devices, an FTP server or even a ...

Drive mapping is one of the most convenient ways to connect to shared files and resources across a business network. In Windows 8, you can connect to any other computer in the network's shared folders ...

These instructions describe how to access a College of Science network drive from a Windows or MAC computer. (You need to either be on a campus network or connected via VPN to access network shares.) ...

Have you ever wanted to create a drive letter mapping within your local system under Windows? Usually the mappings are reserved for network paths, but it can be useful for development (or even just as ...

Google Drive's shortcut is easy enough to use, but if you prefer using drive letters, there's a simple way to set one for your Google Drive account. Ed Rhee, a freelance writer based in the San ...