Operation Manual

APPENDIX C: TROUBLESHOOTING
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MY CLOUD USER MANUAL
My router has failed. How do you manually map the drive letter?
1. Power down the device.
2. Connect the device directly to the computer's Ethernet port.
3. Power up the device. Wait until the LED turns blue before proceeding.
4. For Windows XP and Windows 7, on the Start menu:
a. Click (My) Computer.
b. Click My Network Places (Windows XP) or Network (Windows Vista/Windows 7).
c. Select wdmycloud.
d. On the Tools menu, click Map Network Drive.
5. For Windows 8, click the File Explorer icon , and in the ribbon (top of page), click
Computer > Map Network Drive.
6. Select wdmycloud.
7. Leave the drive set to the default letter.
8. In the Folder box, type the following path: \\device name\public.
Note: The default device name is WDMyCloud.
9. Click Finish.
10. Go back to the opening window of (My) Computer to view the Public folder of your
device under Network Drives.