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2547How can I connect to my home directory (N: drive) on my staff PC?
If these preferred options are not suitable then N:Drive is available for use.
If your staff PC does not connect to your personal N: drive automatically, you can connect it manually:
- from the Start button, go to Computer (this may be shown as your username 'on'...)
- if the N: drive is already connected but shown as disconnected (usually with a red 'X' icon), right-click on it and choose Disconnect
- choose Tools in the top menu and then Map Network Drive
- choose a free drive letter (choose N: if it it's not already in use)
- in the Folder field, enter this address with your username at the end: \\smbhome.uscs.susx.ac.uk\[username] so if your username were ano23, you would enter: \\smbhome.uscs.susx.ac.uk\ano23
- tick the option to Reconnect at logon
- tick the option to Connect using different credentials
- click Finish
- in the User name field of the login window that comes up, enter ad_us\ followed by your username, so if your Sussex username were ano23, you would enter ad_us\ano23
- in the Password field enter your normal Sussex password
- click OK
Please note that this method will only work when you are on the campus network. Personal N: drives are also available from off-campus using Secure File Transfer (SFTP).
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