Your student account has been setup with the convenience of a home directory - a private work area on the STUDENT file server that only your account can access. When you login to your Novell account, the U: drive is 'mapped' to your home directory. You may save files to your home directory, much like saving to a disk.

Having a home directory offers these conveniences:

• Diskless operations. No need for a diskette to run Eudora or Netscape
• Fast response times. No more waiting for the slow diskettes.
• 75MB of space - about 50 times the space of a 3½" diskette.
• Accessability from any PC in the General Access and Teaching Labs.
• Virus protection for all your files.

Can I share my home directory with others?

No, you cannot. Your home directory is restricted to your account.

Will you increase the size of my home directory?

Not at this time. Because the space on the STUDENT file server is limited and is shared by over 12,000 students, we have limited the size of each student's home directory to 75MB.

How do I access my home directory?

You must be logged into your Novell account with your username and password to access your home directory. When you login to your Novell account the U: drive is automatically mapped to your home directory. You can view the contents of the U: drive a number of ways. From a Windows XP PC click on Start, click on Run..., type U: and press [Enter].

How do I copy files between U: and a diskette?

There are many ways to do this. One way, on a Windows PC, is to open two windows, one to the U: drive and one to the A: drive. Then simply drag the files between the two windows.