box.net Online Drive Installation Guide
With box.net you can map your online storage space to a local drive using the so called WebDAV protocol. The following describes how you do that.Preparation
If you have Internet Explorer 8 or later installed then you should first verify that a special setting in your internet options is disabled. Otherwise your online drive will be very very slow!- Open the Microsoft Internet Explorer.
- Click on the "Tools" button in the upper right corner of the window. If it is not there then you probably do not have Internet Explorer 8 and can skip the following steps.
- Choose "Internet Options" from the menu that pops up.
- Click on the "Connections" tab at the top.
- Click on the "LAN Settings" button at the bottom.
- A new window opens up. Verify that the box next to "Automatically detect settings" is not checked. If it is then uncheck it.
- Close each of the two settings windows by clicking on OK.
Installing the online drive
After you have made the necessary changes in Internet Explorer (see above) you can proceed to install the drive. The steps are a little different depending on which Windows version you are using.Windows 7 and Windows Vista
- If you have not yet done so: Create a box.net account
- Click on the button with the Windows logo in the lower left corner of your screen.
- Choose "Computer" from the menu. A Windows Explorer window will then open.
- Find the item "Computer" in the list on the left side of the window. Right-click on it.
- Choose "Map a network drive"
- A new window opens where you can enter the settings for your drive.
- Enter "http://www.box.net/dav/" in the "Folder" field.
- Check the "Connect using different credentials" box
- Click on "Finish"
- Windows will now try to connect the drive. It will ask you for your login information. Enter your email address (the one that you used for your box.net account) in the first field and your box.net password in the second field. Then click on OK.
- If Windows keeps asking for the user name and password then something is wrong. Please ensure that you have entered the email address and password correctly. If it still does not work then please contact the box.net support.
Windows XP
- If you have not yet done so: Create a box.net account
- Click on the Start button in the lower left corner of your screen.
- Choose "My Computer" from the menu. A Windows Explorer window will then open.
- Click on "Tools" in the menu bar and select "Map network drive" from the menu that pops up.
- A new window opens where you can enter the settings for your drive.
- Enter "http://www.box.net/dav/" in the "Folder" field.
- Click on the "Connect using a different user name" link
- Windows will now ask you for your login information. Enter your email address (the one that you used for your box.net account) in the first field and your box.net password in the second field. Then click on OK.
- Click on "Finish"
- Windows will now try to connect the drive. It may take a few seconds for this to complete and Windows will not give any indication that it is working. Please be patient. Once the drive is connected a Windows Explorer window will automatically open, displaying the contents of the drive.
