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Windows: Mapping a Drive

Follow these instructions to map a drive on your Windows computer to a shared server volume. This means you assign a drive letter on your computer to the server path. You can then connect to the server without having to remember and type the path every time.

Map a Drive

  1. On the Start menu, right-click My Computer, and then click Map Network Drive.

    2. Right-click My Computer. Click Map Network Drive.

  2. In the Folder box, type the path to the server, for example \\servername.cit.cornell.edu\foldername or \\myserver.mydomain.cornell.edu\e$.

    3. Type the server name.

  3. Click Connect Using Different User Name.

    4. Click Connect Using Different Name.

  4. In the User name box, type your login name for CITWIN domain.

  5. In the Password box, type your password for the CITWIN domain, and then click OK.

    6. Type your login name and password.

  6. In the Map Network Drive box, click Finish.

    7. Click Finish.

Note: To map a drive using the command-line, type:
         net use x: \\myserver.cit.cornell.edu\sharename * /user:CITWIN\netid