Smith Network Drives

Departments historically used Smith’s network drives to store their work. Many departments have a shared drive (S:), sometimes referred to as an S drive, and some employees still have a Home (H:) drive. While Smith ITS currently maintains existing drives, we strongly recommend using Google Drive for secure cloud storage that is regularly backed up and migrating existing work from Network drives to Google Drive. 

Access Your Department's Shared S: Drive

Mac

1. Open the Go menu and choose Connect to server.

2. In the Server Address field, enter: smb://ad.smith.edu/files/shared

3. Select your department.

Windows

1. Select the File Explorer folder (yellow folder at the bottom of the screen) in the taskbar.

2. Select This PC from the left column.

3. Your department Share (S:) drive should be under Network Locations.

4. If not, select Map Network Drive and set the drive path to the S:

5. In the Folders field, enter:  \\ad.smith.edu\files\shared

Check Reconnect on login, then select finish.

Access Your Home H:Drive (Legacy feature)

Note: H: drives are no longer issued to new employees

Mac

1. Open the Go menu and choose Connect to server.

2. In the Server Address field, enter: smb://ad.smith.edu/files/

3. Double-click Home, then your username.

Windows

1. Select the File Explorer folder (yellow folder at the bottom of the screen) in the taskbar.

2. Select This PC from the left column.

3. Your Home (H:) drive should be under Network Locations.

4. If not, select Map Network Drive and set the drive path to the H:

5. In the Folders field, enter:  \\ad.smith.edu\files\home\username

6. Check Reconnect on login, then select finish.