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Chapter 2 - Getting Started

Using the Hard Disk Drive

Now that you have installed the ASUS Wireless "WL-HDD" and connected it as required, you are ready to start using the hard drive as a network storage device as described in the following sections.

Accessing the Hard Disk Drive

You can access the hard drive in any of the following ways:

Searching for the Device

The easiest method to locate the hard disk from the network is to search for all computers on the network and then locate the hard drive as follows:

1.Select “My Network Places” from Windows start.

2.Click the Search button on the toolbar.

3.Enter "WL-HDD" and click Search.

Windows may or may not have already found the “WL-HDD”.

The hard disk shows the configuration folder and the partitions (part1, part2, etc.) on the hard disk drive. You can set the access permissions for the hard disk drive using the configuration utility.

4.WhenASUS Wireless "WL-HDD" is found, double-click to view the contents of the drive.

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