In Windows, how do I map a drive?

Note: If you don't know the location of a drive, contact the computer or share's owner.

Note: You may need a VPN connection to access certain Indiana University shared drives.

To map a drive in Windows:

1. From the Start menu, right-click Computer or My Computer.
   
   
2. Select Map Network Drive... .
   
   
3. In the "Drive:" field, select the letter you would like to assign to the drive. That letter will become the mapped drive.
   
   
4. If you would like to connect to that drive every time you start your computer, select Reconnect at logon.
   
   
5. In the "Path:" or "Folder:" field, type the pathname of the networked drive, for example: \\myserver\docs
6. Click OK or Finish.

Connecting with a different username in Windows 7, Vista, or XP

Sometimes you might need to use a different username and password than your own to access the drive or folder you plan to map. By default, Windows will try to use the username and password you logged in with, but if the drive or folder has only given permissions to a group account, you must force Windows to supply that group username and password in place of your own:

1. When following the instructions above, before you click OK or Finish, click Connect using a different user name. A Connect As... login box will appear.
   
   
2. In the fields provided, enter the username and password you plan to use to map this drive.

   Note: If at least one computer (either your own or the one with the drive you want to map) is joined to a domain or Active Directory, you'll have to supply the domain with a backslash in front of the username. At IU, use the following example with the ADS domain, where dvader is the username:

   ads\dvader
3. Click OK to return to the original mapping dialog window, and then click Finish.

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