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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION FTP SITES AND
OTHER ONLINE DISKS

How do I bring an FTP server, or one of those web-based backup

drives, onto my PC?

The trick to bringing these servers online is to open the Computer
window. On the Ribbon’s Computer tab, click “Add a network

location.” When the wizard appears, click Next. Then, on the second
screen, click “Choose a custom network location.” Click Next. Finally
you arrive at the critical screen, where you can type in the address of

the website, FTP site, or other network location you want your new
shortcut to open.

Into the first text box, type any of these network addresses:

The UNC code. A UNC code pinpoints a particular shared folder on
the network. For example, if you want to open the shared folder named
FamilyBiz on the computer named Dad, enter \\dad\familybiz.

Capitalization doesn’t matter. Or, to open a specific file, you could enter
something like \\dad\finances\budget.xls.

http://website/folder. To see what’s in a folder called Customers on a

company website called BigBiz.com, enter http://bigbiz.com/customers.
(You can’t just type in any old web address. It has to be a website that’s
been specifically designed to serve as a “folder” containing files.)

ftp://ftp.website/folder. This is the address format for FTP sites. For
example, if you want to use a file in a folder named Bids on a company
site named WeBuyStuff.com, enter ftp://ftp.webuystuff.com/bids.

What happens when you click Next depends on the kind of address you
specified. If it was an FTP site, you’re offered the chance to specify
your user name. (Access to every FTP site requires a user name and

password. You won’t be asked for the password until you actually try to
open the newly created folder shortcut.)