Filestore@UCL: Adding a Shared (S:) drive to a Windows machine

Guidance on how to add a shared UCL drive to a Windows 7, 8 or 10 machine so that you can access group folders.

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Your device needs to be either a Windows 8 or 10 machine
A computer connected to the UCL network either onsite or via the UCL VPN remote access service if you are offsite
You need to know your 7 character UCL user ID and password

Right-click on the Start menu (Windows logo, located on the bottom left of your desktop), and select File Explorer (Fig.1)

Fig.1 – Menu after right-clicking the Start button (Windows logo)
Right-click on the Network icon on the left, and select Map network drive… (Fig.2)

Fig.2 – Menu after right-clicking the Network icon
Enter the following details on the Map Network Drive window (Fig.3)

Drive: Select S: from the drop down menu
Folder: Type \\ad.ucl.ac.uk\groupfolders

Fig. 3 – Map Network Drive window
Click Finish
You will then be prompted to enter your network credentials (Fig.4). Enter the following details:

User name: AD\your userID e.g. AD\uczzrt0
Password: enter your UCL password

Fig.4 – Enter network credentials window with User name and Password fields
If you don't want to re-enter this information each time you access the drive then tick the Remember my credentials box.
Click OK. Your UCL Shared drive should now be available on Windows File Explorer or My Computer screen with the drive letter you specified.