Student Access to M: drives from off-campus

How do I access my M: drive from home with my Windows PC?

Students can now connect to their M: Drive (also known as their personal share or NetShare) from home through Internet Explorer 5 (or later) on the Windows XP, 2000, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95, or Windows 98 operating systems. Once connected, students can manipulate files and save to that directory.

It is important to note that once a student is connected to their M: Drive, all files that need to be modified should be copied from the M: Drive to the local computer for editing and then copied back to the M: Drive once all modifications have been made. (If the network connection is broken while a student is working on a file that was opened directly from the M: Drive, changes may be lost.)

To connect:

1. Open Internet Explorer (it is assumed that you are already connected to the Internet through your Internet Service Provider).
2. Choose Open from the File menu.
3. In the dialogue box, enter: https://www.students.ccsu.edu/myfiles/(your username here) (replace “(your username here)” with your BlueNet ID/computer account username). PLEASE NOTE that you MUST type your username in all lowercase letters.
• IMPORTANT NOTE: You must type https in front of the address, not the normal http. Note the ‘s’ after http.
4. Click in the check box in front of "Open as Web Folder" and click OK.
5. The next screen will ask you to authenticate with the server by providing your BlueNet ID/computer account username and password.
6. Enter your BlueNet ID/computer account username. You MUST type your username in all lowercase letters.
7. Enter your BlueNet ID/computer account password
8. Click OK to access the M: Drive.

After gaining access, you may add the M: Drive connection to your Favorites just as you would any other website by clicking Favorites from the pull-down menus, and then clicking “Add to Favorites”.

Can I access my M: drive from home with my Macintosh?

Yes, both Mac OS X as well as OS 9 clients can connect. The functionality is built into OS X however for OS 9 clients an application called Goliath must be installed.

To connect using OS X:

1. In the Finder, choose Go > Connect To Server
2. Type the address of the server in the Server Address field, https://www.students.ccsu.edu/myfiles/(your username here)
3. Click Connect.

To connect using OS 9:

1. Go to http://www.webdav.org/goliath to download Goliath.
2. Double-click on the Goliath Installer icon, select a location to install Goliath and click install.
3. Open the Goliath folder and double-click on the Goliath application.
4. Goliath will open and prompt you for a web address, enter https://www.students.ccsu.edu/myfiles/username (replace “username” with your BlueNet ID/computer account username), and then enter your username and password. IMPORTANT NOTE: You must type https in front of the address, not the normal http. Note the ‘s’ after http.
5. Your Share will open in a window where you can access your files.

How do I save to my M: drive from home?

To create and save a document once connected:

1. Create a document in any application.
2. Save the file locally to your C:, D:, or A: drive.
3. Right-click on the saved document and choose Copy.
4. Open your M: Drive window, right-click inside the window and choose Paste.

For Mac computers: Save the file to the desktop and drag and drop it into your M: Drive window.

To edit an existing document:

1. Connect to your M: Drive.
2. Copy the document to your desktop.

IMPORTANT NOTE: You should NEVER open a file directly from your M: Drive. Always copy the file to your local computer first and work on it locally and then copy it back to your M: Drive after making modifications. To copy the file to your local computer, right-click on the file in the M: Drive folder and choose Copy. Go to your local C:, D: or A: drive, right-click and choose Paste.

3. Open the document locally with the appropriate application to modify it.
4. Save it locally.
5. Copy and Paste the document back to the M: Drive as described above.
6. Exit the application.

To delete a document from your M: Drive:

Click on it once with your mouse to highlight it, and hit the Delete key on your keyboard or

right-click on the document and choose Delete.