HP Media Vault How to organize your files

How to organize your files

The HP Media Vault comes pre-configured with three Shared Folders: FileShare, MediaShare, and Backup. These folders are pre-named to help you get started saving and organizing your files for quick and easy access. Additionally, the names of these top-level folders are useful because the backup application that comes with the media vault and streaming media feature rely on the specific folder names.

You should consider creating other folders and saving them in the top-level folders: FileShare, MediaShare, and Backup. Folders beneath the top-level folders are called sub-folders. For example, MediaShare is enabled for media streaming. You could create sub-folders in MediaShare with names such as: “Photos” “Music” “Video” and “Movies.” See the examples below under Creating sub-folders. (For more information on media streaming, see Stream media to your entertainment center.)

You can rename or delete FileShare, MediaShare, and Backup folders. Before doing so, please read the recommendations in the following table:

Recommendations

Shared Folders	Recommended Files
FileShare	Use this folder to store any important files that you want to share across your
	network.
MediaShare	HP configured this folder to allow media streaming to home entertainment
	centers. HP does not recommend renaming or deleting this Shared Folder if
	you are considering using this feature now or at some point in the future to
	store your music, videos, movies, and digital pictures.
	(For more information, see Stream media to your entertainment center.)
Backup	NTI's DriveBackup! defaults to this Shared Folder to store PC system backup
	files. These are large files containing all of your hard drive's data. (For more
	information, see Create a drive backup.)
	In addition, HP Easy Backup also defaults to this Shared Folder to store folder
	and file backups. (For more information, see Use Easy Backup.)
	HP does not recommend renaming or deleting this Shared Folder if you plan
	on using HP Easy Backup or NTI's DriveBackup!

Creating sub-folders

Creating folders on your PC and saving them to the MediaShare folder on your media vault provides an easy way to organize your media files. Follow the example below to learn how to create sub-folders and save them to the MediaShare.

In this example, you will create sub-folders in the MediaShare folder for storing your music files.