55 using an external drive linksys e-series – Linksys E4200 User Manual

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Using an External Drive

Linksys E-Series

4. Enter a name for your media server in the Media Server name box . The

name must use only alphanumeric characters (letters A to Z and numbers

0 to 9) and can be up to 15 characters long .

5. Click Specify Folder to Scan . A new window opens .

6. In the Display name field, enter a unique name for the media folder .

The name must use only alphanumeric characters (letters A to Z and

numbers 0 to 9) and can be up to 15 characters long .

7. To share the entire drive, click Share Entire Partition .

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To share only specific folders:

Click Select next to each folder you want to share .

To navigate to a previous folder, click Return to Upper Folder .

To view and select folders within a folder, click Enter into Folder next

to the folder name .

8. To create a folder, enter a unique folder name into the new Folder box,

then click Create .

9. To save your selections and create the media folder, click Save Settings .

A summary of shared folders is displayed

10. To delete an individual media folder, click Delete .

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If you delete a media folder, you are not deleting the folder’s

contents . You are only removing it as a folder that the media server

will use .

11. To manually scan all shared folders, click Scan All .

– OR -
To scan an individual folder, click Scan next to the folder .

12. To schedule a scan of the media folder for new media content, select

Auto-scan every, then select a time interval from the drop-down list .

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