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Accessing Your Personal Space on the Virginia Tech Network-Attached Storage (NAS) in Windows XP/Vista/7

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Question:

How do I get to my personal space on the Virginia Tech Network-Attached Storage (NAS) in Windows XP/Vista/7?

Answer:

Notes:

If you have not created your space on the NAS, refer to Creating Your Space on the Virginia Tech Network-Attached Storage (NAS) in Windows XP/Vista/7, Mac OS X(http://answers.vt.edu/kb/entry/3724/).
For instructions on how to access a departmental space on the Virginia Tech NAS, refer to Accessing Your Departmental Space on the Virginia Tech Network-Attached Storage (NAS) in Windows XP/Vista/7 (http://answers.vt.edu/kb/entry/2571/).

There are two ways to access your personal space on the NAS. You can either map a drive or use the Uniform Naming Convention (UNC) method.

To map a drive to your personal space on the NAS:
1. Click the Start button.
  - In XP:
    1. Select My Computer.
    2. From the Tools drop-down list, select Map Network Drive....
  - In Vista/7:
    1. Select Computer.
    2. At the top of the window, click the Map network drive button.
2. From the Drive: drop-down list, select the drive letter you want to map.
3. In the Folder: text box, type: \\storage.vt.edu\[Your mystore location]\[Your Hokies ID]
  
  Notes:
  - Replace [Your mystore location] with mystore or mystore2, as appropriate. To determine your mystore location, see Determining the Location of My Storage Space on the Virginia Tech Network Attached Storage (NAS). (http://answers.vt.edu/kb/entry/3720/)
  - Replace [Your Hokies ID] with your Hokies ID.
4. If you would like the drive to be mapped each time you log on to your workstation, place a check in the Reconnect at logon check box.
5. Finish setting up your mapped network drive depending on whether you are logged on with your Hokies account.
  - If you are logged on to your Hokies account, click Finish.
  - If you are not logged on to your Hokies account:
    1. Choose to use different credentials.
      - In XP/Vista, click the different user name link.
      - In 7:
        
        Place a check in the Connect using different credentials check box.
        
        Click Finish.
    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. In XP/Vista, click Finish.
To use the UNC to map a network drive:

Important: You must be logged on with your Hokies account.
1. Click the Start button.
2. Start the Run program.
  - In XP, select Run....
  - In Vista/7:
    1. Select All Programs.
    2. Select Accessories.
    3. Select Run.
3. In the Open: text box, type: \\storage.vt.edu\[Your mystore location]\[Your Hokies ID]
  
  Notes:
  - Replace [Your mystore location] with mystore or mystore2, as appropriate. To determine your mystore location, see Determining the Location of My Storage Space on the Virginia Tech Network Attached Storage (NAS). (http://answers.vt.edu/kb/entry/3720/)
  - Replace [Your Hokies ID] with your Hokies ID.
4. Click OK.

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