HP Media Vault How to get started

How to get started

The HP Media Vault allows you to store all of your important documents, pictures, music, and video files in one location – on the media vault! After you install the media vault on your network, the PCs on your network are able to access the media vault’s folders and files. You can also share a USB printer with the other computers on your network by connecting a printer to your media vault. (For more information on attaching printers, see Install a printer.)

Backup software and other applications are included with the media vault, but you can get started saving files to the media vault immediately after installation. (For more information on using the backup software, see Backup and restore.)

To help you get started saving and organizing your files, the media vault comes configured with three Shared Folders: FileShare, MediaShare and Backup. Shared Folders are special “top-level” folders where you store files and other folders (called sub-folders). As long as the media vault is powered on and connected to the network, the Shared Folders and all of their files and sub-folders can be accessed by network users.

The following table offers suggestions on which types of files to save to the media vault’s Shared Folders.

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!

The media vault comes pre-configured with three Shared Folders, which are special “top-level” folders where you store files and other folders (called sub-folders). As long as the media vault is powered on and connected to the network, the Shared Folders and all of their files and sub-folders can be accessed by network users.