If you’re like most people, you probably have a few local drives that you use for work and personal files. You might also have a few remote drives that you access when needed. If you’re using a remote machine to access your local drives, there are a few things you need to keep in mind. First, make sure your remote machine is up and running. Second, make sure your local drive is accessible on the remote machine. Finally, make sure the permissions for the local drive are correct on the remote machine. To access your local drive on a remote machine, follow these steps:

  1. Log into the remote machine and open the command prompt.
  2. Type “md” and hit return. This will show you all of the mounted drives on the remote machine. You’ll see one Local Drive listed under “Filesystem”. The Local Drive will be highlighted in blue and it will have a yellow arrow next to it. The yellow arrow means that it’s currently mounted on the remote machine and can be accessed by typing “md” into the command prompt and hitting return. If there are any problems with this drive (e.g., it’s not working), type “pwd” into the command prompt and hit return to try again later.
  3. Type “mount -t cifs -o remount cifs /mnt/local” and hit return. This will mount your local drive on top of the remote filesystem (CIFS). If there are any problems with this drive (e.g., it’s not working), type “pwd” into the command prompt and hit return to try again later.

Have you ever had a file on a flash drive that you needed to use on a machine that is situated in another building or even halfway across the world? You can do that by plugging it into your local machine and then forwarding the drive through your remote session to that machine. Here’s how to do it.

Press the Windows Key and R to bring up a run box, and type mstsc to launch the Remote Desktop Connection Dialog, or you can just search for Remote Desktop in the Start Menu.

Click on the arrow next to options to see some of the more advanced options.

Once the interface has extended, switch to the Local Resources tab.

Now click on the more button, to see a more extensive list of things that you can forward to the remote machine.

Once you have clicked  and expanded the drives, you will see a list of all the devices in your PC, you can forward anything from your CD/DVD drive to a USB drive that you have connected. Check the box next to any of the drive that you want to forward.

Now you can connect to the remote machine as you normally would.

Now if you open explorer on the remote machine you will see you drive, it will appear as if it has been mapped.