Accessing Your Departmental Space on the Virginia Tech Network-Attached Storage (NAS) in Windows 2000/XP

Article: vtkb2571.htm

Difficulty: Medium

Time to Complete (minutes): 20

Last Updated: Mar 01, 2007

Question:

How do I access my departmental space on the Virginia Tech Network-Attached Storage (NAS) in Windows 2000/XP?

Answer:

Notes:

For information on requesting departmental NAS space, refer to the Network-Attached Storage page (http://www.computing.vt.edu/infrastructure_services/nas/ ).
You will receive an e-mail message from the NAS administrators when your space has been created. The message will contain the name of your space.
For instructions on how to access your personal space on the Virginia Tech NAS, refer to Accessing Your Space on the Virginia Tech Network-Attached Storage (NAS) in Windows 2000/XP (http://www.answers.vt.edu/ask4help/desktop/vtkb2101.htm).

There are two ways to access the space. You can either map a drive to your space, or use the Uniform Naming Convention method.

To map a network drive to your space:

Go to My Computer.
- In Windows XP, click the Start button, and select My Computer.
- In Windows 2000, double-click the My Computer icon on your desktop.
From the Tools menu, select Map Network Drive.
From the Drive drop-down list, select the drive letter you want to map.
In the Folder text box, type: \\storage.vt.edu\[Name of Your Space]
Note: Replace [Name of Your Space ] with the name you received in the e-mail message from the NAS administrators.
If you want the drive to be mapped each time you log on to your workstation, place a check in the Reconnect at Logon check box.
If you are logged on to your Hokies account, click Finish. If not:
1. Click the Different User Name link.
2. In the User Name text box, type: Hokies\[Your Hokies ID]
  Note: Replace [Your Hokies ID] with your Hokies ID.
3. In the Password text box, type your Hokies password.
4. Click OK.
5. Click Finish.

To use the Uniform Naming Convention (UNC) method:

Click the Start button, and select Run.
In the Open text box, type: \\storage.vt.edu\[Name of Your Space]
Note: Replace [Name of Your Space] with the name you received in the e-mail message from the NAS administrators.
Click OK.
If you are not logged on with your Hokies ID and password:
1. In the Connect As text box, type: Hokies\[Your Hokies ID]
  Note: Replace [Your Hokies ID] with your Hokies ID.
2. In the Password text box, type your Hokies password.
3. Click OK.

Note: In Windows XP: If you want to assign access permissions for another person to connect to your departmental NAS space, refer to Assigning Access for Another Person To Connect to Your Departmental Network-Attached Storage (NAS) Space in Windows XP (http://answers.vt.edu/ask4help/ad_min/vtkb2572.htm).