Your Personal 'P' Drive, for Storage and Back-Up
Did you know that each MHC employee has a ‘P:’ (personal) drive that is mapped to a storage location on the college's network? The P storage drive is:
Did you know that each MHC employee has a ‘P:’ (personal) drive that is mapped to a storage location on the college's network? The P storage drive is:
· A location unique to each person; the files placed in your P drive cannot be seen or accessed by others.
· Backed-up daily, making it a great location to save files you do not want to lose.
· Accessible from any computer that you can log into on campus, and off campus through our web based VPN!
Please use your P drive to:
· Store work related files such as documents and spreadsheets
· Store course materials (assignments, tests, course notes, presentations, etc.)
Please do not use your P drive to:
· Store very large files or huge amounts of data ( if you have a need to back-up very large files, or large amounts of data, contact the Support Centre and we will devise a means to do so)
· Back-up email (this is done centrally via backing up of our Exchange Server)
· Back-up the entire computer (this is not needed, we can reinstall and configure the operating system and all applications, just store data files (information) on the P: drive)
· Store your personal files (i.e. family photos, music)
· Store applications (contact ITS if you have applications (programs) stored on a computer and we will advise you as to whether we need be concerned about backing it up)
To access the P drive from Windows computers:
1) Log in to the MHC domain with your username and password
2) Click to open the “My Computer” area
3) In the “Network Drives” section click on the “P:” drive
2) Click to open the “My Computer” area
3) In the “Network Drives” section click on the “P:” drive
To access the P drive from Mac computers:
Using the Dock
1) Log in to the MHC domain with your username and password
2) Look to the Dock at the bottom of the screen
3) Click on the alias to 10.0.19.9\hf$
4) Click on your username to open your folder |
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Using ‘Finder’
1) Log in to the MHC domain with your username and password
2) Go to “Finder” 3) Look under “SHARED” 4) Click on 10.0.19.95 (this is the address where the P folders reside) 5) Click on HF$ 6) Click on your username to open your folder |
If you have any questions or need help in working with the P drive, please contact the IT Support Centre either by phone at 403-529-3899 (local 3899), by email at callcentre@mhc.ab.ca, or in person at Room B222A, second floor above the Library in the B Building, Medicine Hat Campus.
