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 files on the F: drive (or one of the departmental drives, as appropriate)! Even if your computer is destroyed, the files saved to the F: drive will remain available.
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 MyFiles in the Remote Access box, or by typing "myfiles.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 to access the folders here that they have been granted permissions to see.
There are many types of permissions. You may have some or all of them for a given folder:
- Read - Permits viewing and listing of files and subfolders
- Write - Permits adding of files and subfolders
- Read & execute - Permits viewing and listing of files and subfolders as well as executing of files; inherited by files and folders
- List folder contents - Permits viewing and listing of files and subfolders as well as executing of files; inherited by folders only
- Modify - Permits reading and writing of files and subfolders; allows deletion of the folder
- Full Control - Permits reading, writing, changing, and deleting of files and subfolders
To grant other users permissions to your folders
Please note: This option is only available to users in Windows. Those on a Mac can access these options by logging into CloudPC and launching Windows Explorer.
- Right click on the desired folder (not a file)
- Select Properties
- Click on the Security tab
- Choose the Edit... button
- Choose the Add... button
- In the box marked "Enter the object names to select", type the name of user or group desired
- For example, on a Public folder, you could type "everyone"
- When looking for an individual user, you can type their username or attempt to search using the person's full name
- Choose the Check Names... button
- If only one object is found, you will remain in that box and can choose the OK button
- If more than one object is found, another window will pop up with a list from which you should choose the desired user/group. Then click OK twice.
- Check the boxes in the Permissions list at the bottom for the permission(s) desired
- The defaults - Read & execute, List folder contents, and Read - are probably appropriate in most cases
- If you wish to collaborate with others, add Modify and Write
- Click Apply
- Click OK to close the Permissions window, and click OK again to close the Properties window
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.
The O: drive is the administrative department drive.
The P: drive is the academic department drive. Academic projects and files should be stored here.
Students do not generally have access to these drives.
These drives are accessed the same way as the F: drive, and user permissions are granted following the steps under "To grant other users permissions to your folders", above.
The K: Drive
The K: drive is a way for faculty to distribute files to students.
It can be accessed the same way as the F: drive.
Students registered for courses are automatically granted access to the appropriate course folders, which can be found within the relevant semester folder.
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 if University Technology directs you to do so.
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.