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From which of the following locations can a technician map a drive?

The correct answer is D. My Computer. In Windows, network drive mapping is performed from My Computer by right-clicking and selecting the 'Map network drive' option.

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Question

From which of the following locations can a technician map a drive?

Options

  • ASystem Properties
  • BHelp and Support Center
  • CAdd Hardware Wizard
  • DMy Computer

How the community answered

(47 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    6% (3)
  • C
    4% (2)
  • D
    87% (41)

Why each option

In Windows, network drive mapping is performed from My Computer by right-clicking and selecting the 'Map network drive' option.

ASystem Properties

System Properties provides access to hardware profiles, remote settings, and system performance options, not network drive mapping.

BHelp and Support Center

Help and Support Center is a documentation and troubleshooting resource only and cannot perform drive mapping actions.

CAdd Hardware Wizard

Add Hardware Wizard is used to detect and install new hardware devices and has no functionality for mapping network drives.

DMy ComputerCorrect

My Computer (labeled 'Computer' in Windows Vista and 7) provides a right-click context menu option to 'Map network drive,' which launches a wizard allowing the user to assign a drive letter to a UNC path share. This is the standard Windows GUI method for creating persistent or session-based network drive mappings.

Concept tested: Mapping a network drive in Windows

Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/map-a-network-drive-in-windows-29ce55d1-34e3-a7e2-4801-131475f9557d

Topics

#drive mapping#network drives#Windows OS#file sharing

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