It makes sense to open access to hard drives on a computer network of some company to speed up the production process. In order to grant any user the right to dispose of data on any computer on the network, it is necessary to set the address of his computer in the access protocol. How do I make my local drive open to users on my local network?
Instructions
Step 1
Enter the Start button menu. Select "My Computer". Basically, you can do this by double-clicking on the "My Computer" icon located in the upper left corner of your desktop. A window will open in front of you. Select the local drive in it, access to which you want to open. Click on it with the right mouse button, in the menu that appears, select "Properties". A window will appear in front of you.
Step 2
Select the "Access" tab. In it, find and select the item "If you want to open access to the root folder of the disk, click here." Check the box next to Share this folder. You will find it under "Network Sharing and Security". Then specify the network name of the local drive that will appear on the local network as a share.
Step 3
Check the box next to "Allow changing the file network" to open access to the local drive. After that, other network users will be able to freely dispose of the information that is stored on it.
Step 4
To prevent various kinds of unpleasant moments associated with erroneous information correction, uncheck the box next to the "Allow changing files over the network" item so that the information of the selected local disk is available to other users in read-only mode.
Step 5
Apply changes. To do this, click the OK button. If you did everything correctly, the disk selected for sharing will be displayed in the “My Computer” window as an icon with an open palm.
Step 6
To open access to any particular folder, and not the disk as a whole, do everything in accordance with the instructions described above. If you want to allow access only to some users, then specify their addresses on the network so that only they have the right to view documents on an open local disk.
