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title: Use the storage box as an external hard drive
description: "**Use the storage box as an external hard drive** In this explanation, we will explain how to use the storage box as a storage space and transfer your data to it or delete it on the Windows operating system ##…"
url: "https://www.hyyat.com/en/knowledgebase/use-the-storage-box-as-an-external-hard-drive/"
updated: "2026-10-21"
category: Storage Box
---

# Use the storage box as an external hard drive

**Use the storage box as an external hard drive**

In this explanation, we will explain how to use the storage box as a storage space and transfer your data to it or delete it on the Windows operating system

## Introduction

**1- We log in through the client area through the following link**

[**client area**](https://www.hyyatdomain.com/login)

![login the storage box from the customer area](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/hyyatdomain-login-eng-300x130.png)

**We enter our email and password**

**2- After logging in, we go to the services and click on them to show us the services that we have subscribed to**

![login the storage box from the customer area](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/storge-box1-eng-300x137.png)

**3- After our services appear, we click on Storage Boxes until we enter and control the service**

![login the storage box from the customer area](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/storge-box2-eng-300x135.png)

**4- After entering the storage box service, the control panel will appear in the storage box, and this is what we will explain in the upcoming lessons.**

![Use the storage box as an external hard drive - screenshot 1](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/box-s-en-300x174.png)

**5- Now we go to the desktop of our operating system and we click on the Network icon, right-click and choose Map network drive**

![استخدام صندوق التخزين كهارد خارجي](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/win-box.png)

![استخدام صندوق التخزين كهارد خارجي](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/win-box1-300x251.png)

**6- Another screen will appear**

**drive: We choose the name of the hard drive according to what is available to us, and we do not choose a character that is actually used by us**

**folder : We add our link from the information that appeared to us in step No. 4 as in the link below with changing the username with our username**

![استخدام صندوق التخزين كهارد خارجي](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/win-box2-300x251.png)

**We choose reconnect at sign-in in case you want to create a connection automatically when the system starts**

**We also choose connect using different credentials and this is important**

`\<username>.your-storagebox.debackup`

![استخدام صندوق التخزين كهارد خارجي](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/win-box3-300x251.png)

**7- A box will appear for us to add our username and password that appeared in step 4**

![استخدام صندوق التخزين كهارد خارجي](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/win-box4-300x232.png)

**8- A box will appear to confirm the information again, we press on diagnose**

![استخدام صندوق التخزين كهارد خارجي](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/win-box5-300x130.png)

9- Now the storage box has been connected, you will find all your files that have been uploaded. You can use it to transfer files and download them now as a basic hard disk on your device

**Note: The speed of file transfer and download depends on the speed of your internet line**

![استخدام صندوق التخزين كهارد خارجي](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/win-box7-300x141.png)

![Use the storage box as an external hard drive - screenshot 2](https://www.hyyat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/win-box8-300x80.png)

**Use the storage box as an external hard drive**

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