Mapping Network Drives for Students on Windows

Summary

This article provides instructions on mapping a network drive for students on a Windows machine.

Body

Hamilton Network drives provide storage space on the Hamilton network, allowing users to store and access data from any location within the network. This article explains how to mapp a network drive using Windows.

  To map to a network drive successfully, the PC must be connected to Hamilton wired or wireless (aps-hamilton) networks on-campus or connected to the VPN from off-campus.

 Instructions

  1. Open File Explorer (press the Windows key and E key on your keyboard)

  2. Select This PC from the left pane. Then, on the computer tab, select Map network drive.

image showing the "map netork drive" button within file explorer.

  1. Enter the drive’s path (\\sss\<username>$) in the window that pops up. Select the option to Reconnect at sign-in and then hit Finish.

image showing the pop-up prompting the file path of of an ess folder.

  1. Under username, enter hamilton-s\your username, and under password, enter your Hamilton password. Click on Connect.

 More information

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Article ID: 8540
Created
Thu 3/5/26 1:59 PM
Modified
Fri 3/27/26 2:59 PM

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