Do you need to access your computer’s drive from another computer or laptop on the same network? This can be done without sharing files and folders or sharing the drive itself. With this method, you can easily transfer files and folders between computers without the need to share your disk drives.
To access your computer’s drives, you need to know the IP address of the computer you want to access. This can be easily obtained. Once you have the IP address, save it and then go to another computer to find out how to access the drives. Keep in mind that the other computer must be on the same local network.
To access the drives, open the run command window with a keyboard shortcut windows plus r. In the run command window, type backslash backslash, then the IP address of the computer you want to connect to, then backslash, then type the drive letter you want to access followed by the dollar sign. Then press the OK button.
Keep in mind that you will not be able to access the drive unless you know the username and password of the computer you want to access. This is considered security for the computer. Type the username and the password. Enabling this option makes the computer remember the username and the password and does not ask you the next time. But if you do not activate this option, the computer will ask for the name and password every time you want to connect to the computer.
Already the C drive has been opened and you can copy any files you want. In the same way, you can access any other drive on the same computer. Just replace the drive letter with the letter of the drive you want and it will connect to the drive immediately. The D drive has also been accessed and you can transfer files very easily.
In conclusion, accessing your computer’s disk drive from another computer on the same network is easy and secure if you know the IP address of the computer you want to access, username and password. It can be very useful when you need to transfer files and folders between computers.