User guide

Appendix A
Troubleshooting
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Network Storage System with 2 Bays
NOTE: Windows uses the computer name as
the default user name on the login screen. To
create a new Windows user name, enter a new
user name and password on the login screen.
You connected the USB ash disk to the Network
Storage System and mapped it as a drive. Now you
have disconnected the USB ash disk from the Network
Storage System and connected it directly to your
computer. The USB ash disk reads as a disconnected
network drive.
Windows maps both the network drive (USB flash disk
connected through the Network Storage System) and
local drive (USB flash disk connected directly to the
computer) to the same drive letter. You can still double-
click the disconnected network drive to access the USB
flash disk. You can also follow these instructions to map
the local USB flash disk to a different drive letter:
Right-click 1. My Computer.
Click 2. Manage.
Click 3. Disk Management.
Right-click the USB flash disk.4.
Click 5. Change Drive Letter and Paths.
Select a different drive letter, and click 6. OK.
Click 7. OK to confirm the change.
Click 8. OK again. If you wish, you can reassign the former
drive letter after the computer is restarted.
You were not able to map a shared folder using the
Network Drive Mapping Utility.
Your computer is not able to locate the Network Storage
System by using its device name, so instead you have to
use its IP address and manually map a shared folder in
Windows. (If the Network Storage System uses a dynamic
IP address assigned by your network router, then run the
Setup Wizard or check the router’s utility for the current
IP address of the Network Storage System.) Follow these
instructions:
Right-click the 1. My Network Places icon.
Click 2. Map Network Drive.
On the 3. Map Network Drive screen, enter the folder
location using the IP address, \\<IP_address_of_
Network_Storage_System\<folder_name> (for
example, \\192.168.1.100\holidaypictures), instead of
the device name.
Click 4. different user name.
The 5. Connect As... screen appears. Enter your user name
and password. Click OK.
On the 6. Map Network Drive screen, click Finish.
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