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Network Filespace (U: drive)
All Staff (including Associates) and Students are provided with an individual secure filespace, stored on a central fileserver, known as your U: drive.
Please note: your U: drive is for storing University-related files and should not be used for storing personal files, photographs, videos or music.
The advantages for using U: drive to store your files are:
- You can access your files from any internet-connected computer.
- You don’t have to remember which copy of your file is the latest one, if you work on several computers.
- You don’t need to carry your files around on CDs or memory sticks which can get damaged or lost.
- The files on the U: drive are regularly backed up and can be retrieved if you accidentally delete a file or it gets corrupted.
- U: drive files can be synchronised with your C: drive to allow offline working
How to access your U: drive
Staff PCs and laptops which are connected on campus should have a U: drive mapped automatically on login.
Staff working offsite can access U: drive files through the U: drive application, via the MyExeter page under the My Files tab, or via VPN.
Students can access U: drive by logging into iExeter, going to My Files, and selecting U:drive. Students can also access U: drive files from the open-access PC clusters.
How big is my U: drive
Staff U: drive quotas are 20 gigabytes.
Student U: drive quotas are 400 megabytes, but all students have an additional 1 terabyte of storage in their OneDrive.
If you get close to using up all your filespace you will see a warning message when you access your U: drive.
You should perform regular housekeeping on your U: drive to keep it to a minimum and delete personal or unwanted files.
Staff should think about moving departmental-related files to your N: drive.
