How do I map a network drive/connect to my personal filestore (M drive)? (Windows)

To connect to your filestore your computer must be connected to the University Network (How do I connect to the university network?).

If you are using Windows 10 we can do this automatically for you by clicking the button below:

Map my M drive for me

Otherwise, you can follow the manual instructions below:

• Open any folder on your computer like Documents or Downloads
  
• Right click This PC from menu on the left
• Click Map network drive
  
  
• In the Drive: box, select a letter from the drop down menu
• Use M: if you're connecting to your own personal Filestore
• If you want to connect to more than one network drive, you must choose a different letter for each connection
• In the Folder box, enter \\smb1.aber.ac.uk\abc where abc is your Aber username
• If you want to reconnect to this drive every time you login to your computer, tick the Reconnect at logon/Reconnect at sign-in box
• Check the Connect using different credentials box

• In the Username box enter PAU\abc where abc is your Aber username
• Enter your password in the Password box
• Click Finish
• In the window that appears type in the username and password of the account you are mapping

NOTE: Even if you check the Reconnect at Logon: box, the machine will still prompt you to re-type the password every time you log on unless you log on to the computer with the same username and password as the drive you have mapped.