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F: Drive

Where to Save Files on the F: Drive
Space Limits
Keep Your F: Drive Space from Filling Up
Check Your F: Drive Space Usage
Remote Access
Copy Your F: Drive Files from Last Year (Students Only)

Where to Save Files on the F: Drive

When you are using a MC lab or office computer, you should save your files in your My Documents folder on the F: drive. For more information, see Saving and Backing Up Files.

Space Limits

Students have 100 MB of storage space for their files on the F: drive.

Faculty and staff have 10 GB of storage space for their files on the F: drive.

If you get close to your limit, then you may having trouble saving files to the F: drive or you may not be able to save to the F: drive at all. Other problems may occur if your F: drive space starts to get full. (For example, you may not be able to save messages in an Outlook personal folder.)

If you have having trouble saving to the F: drive, then the first thing you should do is check your space usage. For more information, see Check Your F: Drive Space Usage.

Keep Your F: Drive Space from Filling Up

To keep your F: drive space from filling up, you should periodically delete files you no longer need and/or move some of your files to another location (e.g., your G: drive, Google Docs, an external hard drive, etc.) or burn them to a CD or DVD.

IMPORTANT! Your G: drive is NOT backed up, so DO NOT store important files on it.

Check Your F: Drive Space Usage

To check the amount of available space on your F: drive, double-click the Computer icon on your desktop. The amount of available space appears underneath your F: drive.

If you want to see the sizes of each folder on your F: drive, then follow the instructions below.

1. Click the Start button and select All Programs - Computer Assistant.
2. On the Misc tab, click the Examine button.
3. Click the Scan Selected Folder button. When the scan is complete, a list of all of your F: drive folders appears with the amount of used space indicated in kilobytes (Kbytes).
   
   

Note: To convert kilobytes to megabytes (MB), divide the total number of Kbytes by 1024 (1024 Kbytes = 1 MB).

Remote Access

You can access your F: drive files from any computer that has Internet Access. For more information see Remote Access.

Copy Your F: Drive Files from Last Year (Students Only)

Each year, students receive new space on the F: drive for file storage. Returning students can copy their files from last year to their new F: drive space using the Computer Assistant.

To copy last year's files to this year's F: drive space:

1. Click the Start button and select All Programs - Computer Assistant.
2. On the Misc tab, click on the View button. Your windows folder from last year appears.
3. Open the windows folder.
4. Open the My Documents folder.
5. Copy your files.
6. Paste your files in the My Documents folder on your desktop.