If you need to recover deleted files on a network drive for Windows, please see the article Recovering Deleted Files on a Network Drive for Windows

Step-by-Step

1. Open File Explorer (you can search for “File Explorer” in the Start Menu)

2. Click This PC & at the top taskbar, select Map network drive
    

   Open

   

    

3. In the Map Network Drive screen that is presented enter the following:

a. Drive dropdown menu: select a letter (R:, etc.) you wish to associate with the mapped drive.

b. Folder: field: Enter the path to the server: \\filed\dept$ where dept$ is the name of your Department’s R drive

c. Check the box next to Reconnect at sign-in

d. Click Finish

Open

4, In the Windows Security pop-up window, type your credentials as nexus\username in the username field and your password in the password field. (Username is your 8 character username, e.g. j25rober)

5. Click OK

6. Your new mapped drive will be shown on the left-hand side of File Explorer and also under Network locations

To map a personal N drive

Follow the steps above but for step 3 - In the Map Network Drive screen that is presented enter the following:

a. Drive dropdown menu: select a letter (N:, etc.) you wish to associate with the mapped drive.

b. Folder: field: Enter the path to the server: \\fileu\users$\usename where username is your 8-character UWaterloo username. (i.e. j25rober)

c. Check the box next to Reconnect at sign-in

d. Click Finish

Related Articles