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General

Accessing Your H: Drive from Off-Campus

Students, faculty, and staff can securely access their H: drives from any web browser in the world. Two methods are explained in this document. The one you choose will depend on your needs at the time.

NOTE: You do not need a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection when using these methods to access your H: drive. For more information about VPN, refer to VPN FAQs.

return to topVia the Web: Read Only

This method provides Internet access to your H: drive and is a read-only method. It allows you to view your H: drive files and download them using an Internet browser; however, you cannot save your changes back onto your H: drive. This method will work from almost any web browser on any operating system, such as Windows or Macintosh. If you want to make changes and save files back to your H: drive, you must use the read/write method.

  1. Open a web browser (Internet Explorer or Netscape)

  2. Type the appropriate URL:
    Faculty: https://staff.uwec.edu
    Students: https://students.uwec.edu
    DeptDir (W: drive): https://cass1.uwec.edu/deptdir
    The Connect to dialog box appears.

  3. In the User name text box, type your username@uwec.edu or UWEC\username
    HINT: If one does not work, try the other.

  4. In the Password text box, type your password

  5. Click OK
    A directory listing of your files and folders appears.

  6. To view a document, click the link for the document
    You may save the file to your local machine by using Save As

return to topVia the Web: Read/Write

This method provides Internet access to your H: drive and is a read/write method. You can open, edit, save, create new, and delete files just as if they were in a folder on your local computer. This method allows you to access your H: drive files and save your changes back onto the H: drive. Once the files and folders appear, you can use the window similar to an ordinary Windows Explorer window. Specifically, you can drag and drop files from your computer to your H: drive.

This method currently works in Windows only with the most recent version of Internet Explorer. However, it is supported on all versions of Internet Explorer from 4.0 and later.

First Time Access

  1. Open a Web browser (Internet Explorer or Netscape)

  2. Type the appropriate URL:
    Faculty: https://staff.uwec.edu
    Students: https://students.uwec.edu
    DeptDir (W: drive): https://cass1.uwec.edu/deptdir
    The Connect to dialog box appears.

  3. In the User name text box, type your username@uwec.edu

  4. In the Password text box, type your password

  5. Click OK
    The files and folders on your H: drive appear.

  6. In the Address bar, select the URL

  7. From the Edit menu, select Copy
    OR
    Press [Ctrl] + [C]

  8. From the File menu, select Open...
    The Open dialog box appears.

  9. In the Open text box, paste the URL by pressing [Ctrl] + [V]

  10. Select Open as Web Folder

  11. Click OK
    The files and folders on your H: drive appear.
    You may now make changes and save files to your H: drive by using the desired method (e.g., Drag and Drop).

Subsequent Access

Once you have connected to your H: drive by opening it as a web folder, the location of the web folder is stored in My Network Places and can be easily accessed in the future.

  1. From the Desktop, double click MY NETWORK PLACES
    The My Network Places window opens.

  2. From the Folders list, click USERNAME ON STAFF.UWEC.EDU OR USERNAME ON STUDENTS.UWEC.EDU
    The Connect to dialog box appears.

  3. In the User name text box, type your username@uwec.edu

  4. In the Password text box, type your password

  5. Click OK
    The files and folders on your H: drive appear.
    You may now make changes and save files to your H: drive by using the desired method (e.g., Drag and Drop).

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