Samba

I have recently been moving a lot of data between Windows and Linux. As much as WinScp is an excellent way of doing that, it is not the only way. Samba allows the mapping of the Unix filesystems into file explorer so they look just like any other windows drive.

https://www.samba.org/

Now I don't want this site just to repeat stuff from other sites so I will point you in the right direction and point out any problems.

http://www.tomsitpro.com/articles/linux-server-configuration-guide-book-excerpt,2-777-2.html

After installing samba you will end up with a /etc/samba directory with a smbusers file. Now it may be tempting just to edit that file but you should use :

smbpasswd -a <username>

Once you have mapped a drive test it out. There are loads of other ways to get Windows / Unix to share drives but I like Samba as you can give access to individuals or groups and because it has been around for ages is stable and for a lot of sites it is free too.