How to connect to a shared network drive on another PC?

At home, we most often use one or two computers. But in those same offices, one computer is not enough. There are quite a lot of computers working there, each of which is connected to one local network. Most often, such networks use a network drive, which is a shared folder. From the name it’s easy to guess that this folder stores all the shared files of the participants in this local network. Many users whose computers are part of a local network may have a completely logical question: how to connect to a shared network drive on another computer. If computers on the local network use the TCP/IP protocol, then connecting to a network drive is quite possible.

If your computer is on a local network, then you can connect to the network drive through the computer’s network environment. To do this you need to go to the menu "My Computer" and here in the lower left corner click on the icon "Network". After this, a menu will open in which you need to find and click on the icon of the computer you need.

After this, a list of folders and files that are on this computer will open. You need to select a shared folder (shared network drive). In this case, you can create, delete, and save data on a network drive. But it is worth noting that all actions may be limited. It all depends on the permission level of your computer's access to the shared network folder.

You can also connect to a shared network drive as follows. You need to open the menu"Run". It can be found in the menu "Start"by entering in the search or using hotkey combination Win+R. And then you will need to enter the following "\\Computer_name\Resource". That is, the name of the desired computer and the name of the shared network drive. Then you need to confirm your actions by clicking on the button "OK". After this, you will immediately be taken to a shared network drive. If you have access rights to the network drive, then you can connect to it by following the steps written above.