Tutorial - Map a drive (Personal Windows)

Map a drive to Piratedrive or other NAS folder using a personal Windows computer. Student, staff or faculty

Overview

To "map" or "mount" a drive means to create a shortcut to a resource you often use, such as a Piratedrive folder. Please be connected on campus (INTRA) or off campus through a VPN connection. 

If you are a student, staff or faculty, and your Windows 10/11 computer is a personal device and not owned by ECU, follow these steps to map a drive (create a shortcut link) to a Piratedrive folder or other ECU network attached storage folder. 

Requirements

1. Off campus. Connect to the ECU VPN. 
2. On campus. Please be connected on campus (INTRA)

Instructions

Step 1

Open File Explorer (Windows key + E).

Step 2

From the folder list, right-click This PC. Choose Map Network Drive from the options list. The Map Network Drive dialog box opens.

Step 3

1. Leave the drive letter at the default or choose a new one.
2. Type the address (path) to the resource such as a Piratedrive folder or other network attached storage folder.
   Example: \\piratedrive.intra.ecu.edu\folder-name
   
3. Slashes lean to the left. \\ Replace "folder-name" (see example above) with the actual folder name.
4. This example uses piratedrive.
5. Your URL/folder name will be different if you are using another NAS server.

Step 4

Check the Connect using different credentials box.

Step 5

Click Finish. The Windows Security dialog box opens.

Step 6

From the Windows Security dialog box, enter your ECU username as follows: intra\username, then the password. Check the Remember my credentials box. 

Step 7

Click OK. Your mapped drive is now available from File Explorer's folder tree on the left.

Errors and Fixes

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