Right click on the start button and select explorer, and then select the Tools from the menu bar and click on the option to map Network Drive. New windows will pop-up, and then you have to select one of the drives to be mapped. This can be done by either writing down the drive of your choice or by browsing the drive to be mapped. But if you have already mapped one of the drive that can be indicated by the shared folder name corresponding to the drive letter. Once you select the drive to be mapped you must name it. While naming you have to note that the name must be according to Universal Naming Convention (UNC).But if you select the drive by browsing no need to refer for the UNC. This naming convention is used to identify the network resources.

Usually the UNC has three parts; the first part is the server name, the second part is the share name and the third part is optional, but used often, it is the file path.
For example \serversharefile_path or you can directly choose the correct folder.
Once the drive and folder is selected for mapping you have to click on the “Reconnect at Login” check box. This check box should be selected only if you want the network drive to be permanent. Otherwise after you log out it will un-map the drive. Now you can complete the procedure by clicking to the finish button. If there is any error regarding mapping it will pop-up with an error message. If error persist that means you should check whether you have named folder properly. You can un-map the mapped drive by just clicking on the start button then selecting the tool Option and clicking the disconnect network drive option.

Diagrammatic representation of mapping:

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