Your H: Drive Folder Number
Before you can connect your H:drive you need your number. If you don't know your folder number, follow the link below:
H: Drive Folder Locations
| Number Ranges |
Folder Group Locations |
|---|---|
| 0 to 19 | \\homes1\(folder number)\(your username) |
| 20 to 39 | \\homes2\(folder number)\(your username) |
| 40 to 60 | \\homes3\(folder number)\(your username) |
For example, the user 'Jo Bloggs' (username is 'bloggsj') discovers that:
- their folder number to be 42.
- folder number 42 is in the 'Number Range' 40 - 60.
- the H:Drive location of Jo Bloggs is:
\\homes3\42\bloggsj
Connecting to H: Drive
- run 'My Computer' or 'Windows Explorer'.
- Win Vista click on the 'Map Network Drive' button.
Win XP click on 'Tools' then 'Map Network Drive' option. - type: \\homes(n)\(nn)\(username)
- e.g. bloggsj would use: \\homes3\42\bloggsj. - do not select the 'Reconnect on Logon' option*.
- click on 'Finish' button - see dialog asking for your username and password**.
- type: lancs\(your username)
- type in your Windows password.
- click OK - see the folder added to My Computer/Windows Explorer.
- you could also change the letter of the drive to: H:
*If you select 'Reconnect on Logon', the drive stay connected on reconnection - but your PC will report as an error when VPN is not connected. On Windows 2000, the 'disconnected' drive will slow down the 'opening files' function.
**You are asked for your username and password the first time you connect to a resource, thereafter you will be let straight in.
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