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How to Direct “My Documents” to your H: drive (or Homedrive)

Quicknote #95

October 2007

 

Introduction:

This Quicknote is written as a tool to assist University of Michigan-Flint faculty and staff in selecting their H: drive (or Homedrive) as the location for their “My Documents” folder.  Positioning “My Documents” on the H: drive will reduce the chance of important files and documents ever being loss, should the harddrive in a computer fail.  The H: drive is located on the network, and is backed up every night.  By placing “My Documents” on the H: Drive you are also making it accessible from more locations.  Once you complete the directions below you will be able to access your “My Documents” folder from any computer with access to your H: drive.

 

Table of Contents

¨       Before you begin

¨       Directing the “My Documents” folder to your H: Drive

¨       Additional Resources

 

Before you begin

In order to complete the directions detailed below you must be logged into a computer on-campus running Windows XP. 

**Please Note:  Follow these directions on the computer that you use most on campus.  Following these steps will only relocate the “My Documents” folder on a single computer, not every one you log into on campus (unless you repeat the steps for all computers you use). 

 

Directing the “My Documents” folder to your H: Drive

  1. Log on to an on campus computer.
  2. Click on “Start”, right-click on “My Documents”.
  3. Select “Properties” from the menu that appears.

  

  1. A “My Documents Properties” window will appear.  Make sure that the “Target” tab is selected.
  2. Under “Target folder location”, in the “Target” text box type in “H:\My Documents\” as shown below.

  1. Press “OK”.  If this is the first time you have followed the steps in this QuickNote a message will pop up asking you if you would like to create the folder, select “Yes”.  You will then receive a message asking you if you would like to move all of the files currently contained in “My Documents” to the new location.  Select “Yes”. 

          

7.  Your “My Documents” folder is now located on your H: drive.  Any files you have saved to “My Documents” previously or in the future will now be accessible to you from any computer that can access your H: Drive.

Additional Resources:

ITS Quicknotes are available in the Student Computer Lab in 206 MSB, at the ITS HelpDesk in 207A MSB or on-line at http://www.umflint.edu/its/helpdesk.  

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