Network Drives

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About the Network drives

Network drives are actually just folders shared on ua-net file servers. The three main categories of shared folders are departmental, user, and labs. A

All files and folders on ua-net file servers are backed up daily so if you accidentally delete something you should be able to recover your files from a saved network backup.


Common Network Drives

All CoE faculty and staff should have:
T: mapped to \\share\coe and
U: mapped to \\home\{first letter of username}\{username} (example: if username is jsmith, then path is \\home\j\jsmith)

Faculty and students can access project folders on
\\labfs.ua-net.ua.edu\share\{project}

Departmental H: Drives
Each department has their own Network Share, commonly referred to as "the H: drive". The "H" drive available to you will be specific for your department and may contain a folder just for your documents. If you have your own folder on the "H" drive, you are the only person able to use the folder. The "H" drive is an excellent place to backup important documents.

<--- == Installing your network drives (Windows XP) ==

  1. You must have had access (permissions) to the network drives previously. This procedure will only map it to the computer, not grant access. To obtain access to the H: drive a support ticket must be opened at the ZipSupport office.
  2. Make sure computer is on the campus network (Hardwire or wireless) or is VPNed into the network. (See Windows VPN Setup)
  3. Click on Start -> Run
  4. Type in \\uanet.edu\NETLOGON
  5. It may ask you to log in, use your UANET ID and password (you also may have to add "UANET\" without quotes before your UANET ID).
  6. Find the batch script that is named after your department and run it.
  7. Departmental network drives should be now mapped to the computer. -->


NOTE: If you are running Windows Vista and it does not work, you may need to Run the script with Admin Rights. Right click the script, and select Run As Administrator.

Installing your network drives (Windows Vista/7/8/10)

  1. You must have had access (permissions) to the network drives previously. This procedure will only map it to the computer, not grant access. To obtain access to the H: drive a support ticket must be opened at the ZipSupport office.
  2. Make sure computer is on the campus network (Hardwire or wireless) or is VPNed into the network. (See Windows VPN Setup)
  3. Click on Start button then type in the box type in \\uanet.edu\NETLOGON ( There is not need to type run )
  4. It may ask you to log in, use your UANET ID and password (you also may have to add "UANET\" without quotes before your UANET ID).
  5. Find the batch script (ends with .bat) that is named after your department and run it.
  6. Departmental network drives should be now mapped to the computer.


NOTE: If you are running Windows Vista and it does not work, you may need to Run the script with Admin Rights. Right click the script, and select Run As Administrator.

Installing Network drives (Apple)

  1. You must have had access to the H: drive previously. This procedure will only map it to the computer, not grant access. To obtain access to the H: drive a support ticket must be opened at the ZipSupport office.
  2. Make sure computer is on the campus network (Hardwire or wireless) or is VPNed into the network. (See Mac VPN Setup) Select "GO" in the finder menu bar at the top center of the screen
  3. Select "Connect to Server"
  4. Enter the name of your server as smb://{your department's server name}{Example: smb://server.uanet.edu/folder}
  5. Select "Connect"
  6. Enter the domain as UANET, your UAnet ID and password.
  7. Select "OK"
  8. The share names will appear in a list. Select the name of your share.
  9. The share will appear on the desktop.
accidentally delete a file (or folder) check out Restore Network Files, to see if you may be able to recover your files from a saved network backup.