The network drives are a digital storage space for your files. They exist on the Drew University servers and act just like the C: drive on your personal computer. You must be connected to the Drew University servers in order to have access to them.
The F: Drive
The F: drive is your personal network drive, a place on the Drew University servers where you can store files. We strongly recommend backing up your important documents on the F: drive! Even if your computer is destroyed, the files on the F: drive will be accessible.
To reach the F: drive
Windows, on network
- Navigate to Computer (in Windows 7)
- Select the F: drive or type F: into the search bar of the Start menu and hit Enter.
Mac, on network
- Open Self Service
- Click on the Drew Network link in the Categories menu.
- You will find options to connect to the Courses "K" Drive and your Personal "F" Drive.
Windows, on campus, not on network
Mac, on campus, not on network
Windows or Mac, off campus
You can reach the F: drive by going to the TreeHouse main page and selecting NetStorage in the Remote Access box, or by typing "netstorage.drew.edu" into the Address bar of your browser and hitting Enter.
The U: Drive
The U: drive is the campus shared drive. People are only able access the folders here that they have been granted Trustee Rights to.
To see what folders you have Trustee Rights to, you only need to look. Anything you see in the U: drive has folder(s) that either are public or which you, specifically, have been granted rights to.
There are many types of Trustee Rights. You may have some or all of them for a given folder:
- S: Supervisor - all rights to a file. This right cannot be set here, but will be shown if set by an administrator tool.
- R: Read - the trustee can view the contents of files.
- W: Write - the trustee can write to an existing file.
- E: Erase - the trustee can erase a file.
- C: Create - the trustee can create a new file.
- M: Modify - the trustee can modify an existing file.
- F: File Scan - the trustee can see a file in a directory listing.
- A: Access Control - the trustee can add or remove trustees from the folder file.
To grant Trustee Rights to other users
- Right click on a folder (not a file)
- Select the Trustee Rights option
- Click the “+” next to ”uLogin” and find the user you wish to give rights to
- Highlight their uLogin ID, and click Add.
- Check the boxes along the top to decide what type(s) of access to provide
- Click Apply
- Click OK to close the window.
If you wish to grant rights to all users on campus, highlight “uLogin” instead of a name and then follow the steps as before.
The U: drive can be accessed the same way as the F: drive.
The Employee Network Drives (G, O, and P)
The G: drive is the departmental drive and connects to one folder on either the O: drive or the P: drive, depending on the user. Students do not generally have access to any of these drives.
The O: drive is the administrative department drive. If you have access, you will see only the folders and files which you have been given permissions for.
The P: drive is the academic department drive. Academic projects and files should be stored here.
These drives are accessed the same way as the F: drive, and Trustee Rights are granted following the steps under "To grant Trustee Rights to other users", above.
The K: Drive
The K: drive is a way for faculty to distribute files to students without using Moodle.
It can be accessed the same way as the F: drive.
The T: Drive
The T: drive contains one folder for each semester you've been at Drew. Inside is what the K: drive showed you during that semester. This archive allows you to find course specific information from earlier in your time at Drew.
It can be accessed the same way as the F: drive.
The M: Drive
The M: drive holds campus applications (programs). You should only access these files through the ZenWorks Application Explorer unless University Technology directs you otherwise. Students do not generally have access to this drive.
It can be accessed the same way as the F: drive.
The R: Drive
The R: drive is the “old attic,” a legacy drive that contains an older system of network software and communication processes. You will generally not need to use this drive and students generally do not have access to it. If needed,
it can be accessed the same way as the F: drive.
Local Drives
The C: Drive
On a PC, the C: drive is a representation of your computer’s hard drive and is where files and programs are saved by default. As long as you have your computer with you, the C: drive is available.
The I: Drive
On a laptop PC issued by Drew University, there is also an I: drive, a partition of the C: drive. If you save a file (but not a program) on these laptops, it will go to the I: drive by default. Because of this, if the C: drive becomes corrupt and must be reimaged, files saved in the I: drive can sometimes be maintained. If the hard drive itself is damaged, the files cannot always be recovered from either the C: or the I: drives. As long as you have your computer with you, the I: drive is available.