Accessing EMU network files
Instructions for accessing data stored on network drives from off-campus (EMU-owned and non-EMU-owned computers) or from on-campus (non-EMU owned computers only):
Student file organization
| Windows | Mac name | Description | Backed up |
| G: | department or club name in the data folder on the userdata volume | Used by student groups to share data within the group | Yes |
| P: | username in the Users folder on the Home volume | Used to store personal data | Yes |
| V: | classdata folder in the Userdata volume | Used by professors to share data with students Read only access (controlled by professor) | Yes |
Faculty staff file organization
| Windows | Mac name | Description | Backed up |
| G: | department name in the data folder on the userdata volume | Used by departments to share data within the department | Yes |
| H: | department name in the data folder on the userdata volume | Used to share data from another department, by request | Yes |
| P: | username in the Users folder on the Home volume | Used to store personal data | Yes |
| V: | classdata folder in the ST:Userdata volume | Used by faculty to share data with students, by request | Yes |
| Z: | shared folder in the Userdata volume | Used by faculty/staff to share data with other faculty/staff | Yes |
Data Protection
A file cannot be restored unless it is backed up. Files save to EMU network drives are backed up. Information systems cannot back up files saved on your desktop or laptop computer. Hard drives and USB flash drives can and do fail. Cloud storage may be used in accordance with information systems policy. We strongly recommend saving files on network drives whenever possible. If you do have important files that you do not save to the network, be sure to keep copies on more than one storage device.
Make sure that you do not leave documents on the network open, as open files cannot be backed up. You may want to logout or turn off your computer every night. If you need to use files during the backup times listed below and you are concerned about not having a backup, keep copies of those files on your computer and at least one additional external storage medium.