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If you use your remote computer as a file server whether it's for storage or data security reasons, or simply find yourself having to upload and download files between computers frequently during a NoMachine session, a better solution might be to connect the disk, or drive. By forwarding a disk using NoMachine’s ‘Connect a disk’ feature, the contents of the remote or local operating system's disk are shared to or from the other computer.
NoMachine lets you access any local or remote disk during the life of your remote desktop session. The remote and local systems can be Mac, Windows or Linux, it doesn’t matter. NoMachine lets you connect disk drives and access all the files and data on them for the duration of the session. You can redirect local disk drives, including the hard disk drives, CD-ROM disk drives, and mapped network disk drives to the remote side, and vice-versa, meaning that the connected disk will show up in the remote or local file explorer (on Windows), finder (on Mac) and file manager (on Linux) depending on which direction you forwarded it.
Just follow the simple steps below.
Connecting a local disk to the remote desktop allows you to access its content whilst you are connected to the remote desktop.
Step 1: Connect to the remote computer
Fig. 1 - Click on 'Connect a disk' in Devices
Step 2: Choose from the available disks
Fig. 2 - Select 'Mainframe' to connect that disk within your remote session
Fig. 3 - Rename the disk for easier identification on the remote desktop
Step 3: Wait for the disk to be connected
Fig. 4 - A green dot indicates that the disk is connected and available from within the session
Step 4: Disk successfully connected
Fig. 5 - The local disk renamed to My Office Documents appears in the file manager of the remote Windows desktop
Connecting a remote disk on the host computer to your local desktop allows you to access its content from within the file explorer or finder of the local computer during the life of your NoMachine session.
Step 1: Connect to the remote computer
Fig. 6 - Click on 'Connect a disk' in Devices
Step 2: Choose from the available disks
Fig. 7 - Select 'D:' available on the remote desktop to connect that disk to your local desktop
Fig. 8 - Rename the disk for easier identification on the local desktop
Step 3: Wait for the disk to be connected
Fig. 9 - A green dot indicates that the disk is connected and available from within the session
Step 4: Disk successfully connected
Fig. 10 - The remote disk My Home Documents appears in the local desktop's file manager