A run down of drives

When you open up My Computer or Windows Explorer, you are presented with a list of drives. These drives perform various functions on your computer.

For information including the cost of increasing quota on network drives (R:\, S:\ or U:\) please see http://www.adelaide.edu.au/its/quotas/file/.

Local Disk (C:\)

This is the main drive that windows installs to. It is not backed up, so if you save anything to this drive and the computer crashes you may, and in some cases will lose it.

Resources (R:\)

This is a shared network folder location that you are able to request access to, it is an inexpensive alternative to purchasing more space on Shared drive (S:\). Further information is able to be found at http://www.adelaide.edu.au/its/quotas/file/#low_cost.

Shared$ (S:\)

This is where any shared folders you have access to reside. If you believe you should be able to view a folder on this drive, you will need to fill in a shared network folder access request form.

a1234567 on UofA (U:\)

This is your own personal drive on the network and everything in this drive is backed up. It is highly recommended that if you have important data, you store it on this drive.