Drive
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Overview
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In Nano's file sharing system, a Drive is a representation of a local folder on your computer. You can create as many Drives as you want.

Create Drive
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.. HINT::
  This process is best done on the Nano webapp

Creating a Drive requires a Nano user account. To create an account, please read the :ref:`getting-started-registration` article.

To create a Drive using the Nano client, first start your downloaded Nano client software. The software will prompt you to enter your Nano user account credentials. 

After logging in, navigate to *Nano -> Configure -> Drive manager*, which will open the Drive configuration manager window.

In the Drive configuration manager window, you will see a list of your currently set-up Drive folders. If it's your first time setting up a Drive, this list will be empty. 

Click on the *Create drive* button, and choose a folder you wish to create a Drive from.

After choosing, you will see the path of the chosen folder appearing in the Drive configuration manager list.

It's a good rule-of-thumb to never make a Drive out of your root system folder, ``C:/`` folder or user folder. You always have to consider that these folders would be accessible to other Nano users if this Drive were attached to a Room with multiple users.

Delete Drive
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.. HINT::
  This process is best done on the Nano webapp

To delete a Drive navigate to *Nano -> Configure -> Drive manager*, which will open the Drive configuration manager window.

In the Drive configuration manager window, you will see a list of your currently set-up Drive folders. 

Right-click on the Drive you wish to delete, and select *Delete drive*. This will remove the Drive from the Nano file sharing manager.

.. HINT::
   Deleting a Drive will keep the local folder intact, the origin folder will not be deleted from the local filesystem.

Attach to Room
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.. HINT::
  This process is best done on the Nano webapp