Drives and Files
 Recordings & Documents  R: Drive  T: Drive  D: (USB)  My Documents  P: Drive
 Recordings

 Save
 Directly		  Edit
 Rename
 Delete		  Note
 R: drive (UCFV storage)  Yes  Yes  Personal use only.
 T: drive (Eslusers)  Yes  No  1) Ask your instructor or Educational Technologist to rename or delete files.
 2) You may save files with different names: s46lh.jane.exam-new.mp3         
 D: drive (USB)  Yes  Yes  Personal use only.
 My Documents  Yes  Yes  Please do NOT save files here.
 P: drive  Yes  Yes  Sharing files. Temporary use only.

 Documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, NotePad, WordPad, etc.)

 Save
 Directly		  Edit
 Rename
 Delete		  Note
 R: drive (UCFV storage)  Yes  Yes  Save documents here first, and then copy and paste them on T:.
 T: drive (Eslusers)  No  No  1) Save files on R: or D: first, and then copy and paste them on T:.
 2) Ask your instructor or Educational Technologist to rename or delete files.
 3) You may copy and paste files with different names: t85ch.jane.test-new.txt
 D: drive (USB)  Yes  Yes  Save documents here first, and then copy and paste them on T:.
 My Documents  Yes  Yes  Please do NOT save files here.
 P: drive  Yes  Yes  Sharing files. Temporary use only.

 Recordings & Documents  R: Drive  T: Drive  D: (USB)  My Documents  P: Drive
 R: Drive (UCFV Storage) 

R: drive is UCFV students' personal storage space (200 MB) on the Internet.
You can access it anywhere in the world. You must have Internet access to use it.
  Internet Explorer on Windows Vista may have a problem accessing your R: drive.
Firefox is recommended.
 
 Recordings & Documents  R: Drive  T: Drive  D: (USB)  My Documents  P: Drive
 T: Drive (Eslusers) 

T: drive is ESL lab users' storage space.

Students can:
  • save recordings directly.
  • NOT save documents directly (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, NotePad, WordPad, etc.).   => Copy and paste document files if you need to save them on T: drive.
  • NOT edit, rename or delete files. => Ask your instructor or Educational Technologist.
  • save recordings with different names: s46lh.jane.exam-new.mp3
  • copy and paste documents with different names: t85ch.jane.test-new.txt
  • NOT access T: drive outside the ESL computer lab.

Instructors (with a special id called "instructor" in the lab) can:
  • save, edit, rename, delete, copy, and paste any files.
  • access T: drive with their own ids on campus: (important!) I: drive instead of T: drive.
  • access T: drive anywhere in the world with an Internet browser (Firefox is recommended): gw.ucfv.ca/netstorage ->  log in -> click on DriveI@ESLUSERS (on the left)
T: Drive access from GroupWise nestorage

 Recordings & Documents  R: Drive  T: Drive  D: (USB)  My Documents  P: Drive
 D: Drive (USB) 

Please do NOT buy USB flash (thumb) drives with U3 Smart software.
USB drives are highly recommended as your portable storage devices.
UCFV does not support floppy diskettes any more.
You can buy USB flash (thumb) drives at the UCFV bookstore, stationery, electronics, or computer stores.
 

 Recordings & Documents  R: Drive  T: Drive  D: (USB)  My Documents  P: Drive
 My Documents 


The "My Documents" folder is NOT a safe place to save your files.

Please use it just temporarily. You files may be removed on a regular basis.

 Recordings & Documents  R: Drive  T: Drive  D: (USB)  My Documents  P: Drive
 P: Drive 

P: drive is a special drive where your instructors and classmates can share files.

Everyone can save, edit, rename, and delete files.

It is NOT a safe place to save your files for a long time.

updated: 2009.09.15
created: 2007