Manually mapping a drobo as a network drive

[dogmanuk]

Morning all,

Long time browser, this forum has helped me loads over the past. Hopefully someone can help me with my problem.

I have a Drobo B800fs (network attached storage device) which has worked perfectly for a number of years. A couple of days ago I deleted circa 50% of the information from it and now it has gotten annoyed and won't mount.

I have contacted Drobo support and they have advised that I can map the drive manually within Windows Explorer, this is where I get stuck.

I am not sure of the syntax which I type to map the drive. I know that it is connected to my network on the ip address 192.168.1.50 but I am unsure of what "/", the server name etc.. to type? It also has a user name and password enabled (which I obviously know) so I guess I need to type that in somewhere also.

If anybody can help I will be eternally grateful.

Thanks.

 

[KevinClark]

To manually map a Drobo as a network drive:

1. Find the Drobo IP/Hostname
   • Open Drobo Dashboard to get the network address.
2. Open File Explorer
   • Press Win + E, then go to This PC.
3. Map Network Drive
   • Click "Map network drive" (in the toolbar).
   • Choose a drive letter (e.g., Z:).
   • Enter the network path: \\DroboIP\ShareName (e.g., \\192.168.1.100\Public).
4. Enter Credentials (if prompted)
   • Use your Drobo username & password.
5. Finish & Access
   • Click Finish to complete the setup.
   • The Drobo share will appear in This PC under "Network Locations."