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F: Drive

What is a Network Drive?	What is my F: drive?	Why should I use Network storage like the F: drive?
How do I access the F: drive?	How do I access my F: drive off-campus?	Sharing Documents with Using a Public Folder

Each user at Drew University with a uLogin account is allotted personal network space to store files. This space is referred to as the F: drive. It is one of the many network drives used by faculty, staff, and students to perform work at Drew.

What is a Network Drive?

A network drive is space allocated on a network- like the C: drive you are used to seeing on your computer at home - that exists on a server on the Drew computer network. Unlike the C: drive on an individual computer, the F: drive is not located on your computer. You must be logged into the campus network to view the network drives available to you on your Drew-issued laptop.

What is my F: drive?

The F: drive is a network drive that Drew provides for you to use as storage space for academic documents and data. Every Drew user with a uLogin has space on the F: drive. Every F: drive has a set of default folders.

WWW folder - If you create a personal web page, this is where the files will be stored.
Firefox - This is where the preferences and bookmarks are stored when you use the Mozilla Firefox web browser.
My Documents folder- This is the default location for you to store documents and other types of files on your F: drive. There are pre-existing sub folders, and you can also create your own to organize your files.

Use your F: drive for storing files that you may need access to from places other than your main work area (C: or I: drive). Text files, spreadsheets, and other files which you might need for your Drew courses should go here. Space on the F: drive is reserved for you to store academic projects. Space on the F: drive is limited. Should you need more than the 100MB (megabytes) allotted to your account, you may contact the CNS Help Desk to request more space. However, if you find that you have no more room on your F: drive due to non-academic files like music or personal photos, CNS will ask you to remove personal files before granting you more space.

Why should I use Network storage (F: drive)?

The F: drive storage is an excellent way to save and back up data for your academic projects. Backing up data is always a good idea, and the storage space on the F:\ drive is monitored and maintained by the University's system administrators. This means that the data you store on your F:\ drive is secure and is backed up according to professional standards.

If your computer gets a virus, if something goes wrong with its hard drive, or you don't have your laptop with you, you can still access files from your F: drive from any computer that has an internet connection.

How do I access the F: drive?

When on campus, log into the network with your uLogin username and password. Once the computer has finished loading, double click on My Computer icon (Windows XP) or Computer (Vista). You may also access the network drives on the start menu under My Computer.

In the list of drives that appears the first of the network drives listed will appear as [your] 'username _u\Users' (F:)

To access the drive, double click on it.

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How do I access my F: drive off-campus?

The F: drive is accessible from off campus as well. Using a web browser such as Firefox or Internet Explorer, navigate to DocXchanger.

See information on the K: drive.

Sharing Documents with Using a Public Folder

If you want to share files with other students and faculty on campus, you should create a Public folder in your F: drive and then grant Trustee Rights to individuals and groups with whom you would like to share the files. Others will be able to access your Public folder through the U:\ drive. Never put items into your Public folder that you do not wish to share with other users.