Thread: How to connect and disconnect a network drive in Windows XP

To connect as well as disconnect a network drive in Microsoft Windows XP, you can make use of one of the four methods that are explained in this article. You can plan a drive letter to any shared resource on a network. When you do so, you can rapidly as well as simply access the resource by means of any the Windows XP user interface or a command prompt. For every mapped drive, a symbol appears in My Computer with a listing appears in the left windowpane of Windows Explorer.

Connect a drive from My Network Places

1. You have to Click Start button, and after that click My Network Places, again click Entire Network, and after that double-click Microsoft Windows Network.

2. Double-click the domain that you desire to unlock.

3. Double-click the PC that has the shared resource you feel like to map. All the shared resources for that PC automatically emerge in the window.

4. And Right-click the shared drives or file that you desire to map, and after that click Map Network Drive.

5. Click the drive letter that you desire to make use of, and after that state whether you wish for to reconnect all time that you log on to your PC.

Note

Network drives are mapped by means of letters starting from the letter Z. This is the default drive note for the primary mapped drive you produce. But, you can choose another letter if you desire to make use of a letter new than Z.

6. And finally click on Finish.

A window opens that displays the contents of the resource you mapped.

Use the Net Use command to map or disconnect a drive

You can make use of the net use command for batch files as well as scripts. To make use of the net use command to map or disconnect a drive:

• To map a network drive:

1. You have to Click on the Start key, and after that click on Run.

2. In the Open box, type cmd.

3. Type net use x: \\computer name\share name, where x: is the drive letter you

want to assign to the shared resource.

• To disconnect a mapped drive:

1. Click Start, and after that click Run.

2. In the Open box, type cmd.

3. Type net use x: /delete, where x: is the drive letter of the shared resource.