You are
working on your laptop in one of your room and while working you need a file
which is on another PC in some other room of your home. Pausing the current
activity and moving towards that room just to bring that particular file is
time is taken and even quite frustrating for anyone.
To avoid
those unnecessary jaunts between computers, you can use Windows built-in
sharing tools to make the drive or SSD available across your entire home
network.
Note: To perform this process of file
transferring, the computers must be connected to the same home network.
Note: The PC with the drive you want to
share needs to be switched on for another computer to access it.
Share PC’s Hard Drive over your Network.
The process has three simple steps to follow and you will be comfortable to it after one or two use, so let’s
start.
#Step 1
Open the PC
containing the drive you want to share, click Start type sharing, then press
Enter.
In the ‘Advanced
sharing settings’ window that opens, make sure ‘Turn on file and printer
sharing’ is enabled.
To share the
drive, you’ll need to disable password protection for shared files. Scroll down
to All Network and expand this section if needed, then select the ‘Turn off
password-protected sharing’ setting and click ‘Save changes’.
#Step 2
Now open
File Explorer (Windows key + E) and select This PC. Right-click the drive you
want to share and select ‘Give access to’ then ‘Advanced sharing’.
Click the
Advanced Sharing button, then tick the ‘Share this folder’ box in the window
that opens. Enter a suitable name under ‘share name’ (ex: Study Desktop), then
Click OK.
#Step 3
On one of
your other PCs, open File Explorer, click Network, then double-click the name
of the PC with the shared drive and you should see its drive listed.
Right-click
it and select ‘Map network drive’, change the drive letter if you want, then
Click Finish.
This is a
great way to quickly share a drive across the network but for this, you have to
keep your system on all time.
Hope this post is helpful to you if you have any queries or suggestion related to the post, you can inform me through the comment section below.
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