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Follow the instructions below to access engineering network resources on your personal machine. To access engineering resources, you will need to be connected to the engineering network. You are connected to the engineering network in the engineering building, in an engineering research facility, or if you are connected to the engineering VPN. Instructions for connecting to the engineering VPN can be found here.

General Steps

1. In Windows 11, click the File Explorer button (pictured below):
   
2. Once in File Explorer, select This PC. It should bring up a page similar to image below:
   
3. At the top of the This PC page there should be an icon with 3 dots (...). Click the icon, then click "Map Network Drive".
4. The Map Network Drive window will pop up. On this page, enter the name of the share under the "Folder" field (see list below for common EGR drives such as personal and office drives). The image below shows the format for accessing your M: Drive. You can choose the drive letter to be whatever you like. 
5. Click the Finish button to close the window and finish the operation.  If you are prompted for a username and password, you will need to add EGR\ to the beginning of your username. You can specify to Reconnect at sign-in so you are not required to re-map the drive each time you log into your machine. The drive will now open in a window of its own and appear under My Computer (we have used an M: Drive as an example below):
   

Drive Specific Instructions

• M: Home
  • Drive: M:
  • Folder: \\filer1.egr.msu.edu\username
• O: Office
  • Drive: O:
  • Folder: \\cifs.egr.msu.edu\office-*department*\*department*  (*department* is the common abbreviation for your department; examples below)
    
    The following paths are case sensitive.

ECE
\\cifs.egr.msu.edu\office-ece\ECE

CEE
\\cifs.egr.msu.edu\office-cee\CEE

ME
\\cifs.egr.msu.edu\office-me\ME

CHEMS
\\cifs.egr.msu.edu\office-chems\CHEMS

CMSC
\\cifs.egr.msu.edu\office-chems\CMSC

CMSE
\\cifs.egr.msu.edu\office-cmse
   
DER
\\cifs.egr.msu.edu\office-dean\DER

NCPP
\\cifs.egr.msu.edu\office-cee\NCPP

Publications
\\cifs.egr.msu.edu\office-dean\PUBS

EGR DEV
\\cifs.egr.msu.edu\office-dev\EGRDEV

UGS
\\cifs.egr.msu.edu\office-ugs\UGS

Recruitment
\\cifs.egr.msu.edu\office-ugs\Recruitment

K-12 Outreach
\\cifs.egr.msu.edu\office-ugs\Recruitment\K-12Outreach

DPO
\\cifs.egr.msu.edu\office-ugs\DPO

• R: Research
  • Drive: R:
  • Folder: \\cifs.egr.msu.edu\research
  • You may be provided a customized folder path to access storage for your group that is not part of the main research volume.
• S: Scratch
  • Drive: S:
  • Folder: \\cifs.egr.msu.edu\scratch
• T:
  • Drive: T:
  • Folder: \\cifs.egr.msu.edu\
• W: Web
  • Drive: W:
  • Folder: \\filer1.egr.msu.edu\web

NOTE: The drive letter is simply a recommendation. It can be any drive you choose if the suggested drive letter is currently in use.

What is the Home Directory?

Home (M:) is personal space for each user.

What is the Office Directory?

Office (O:) is shared space set up for departmental groups.

What is the Research Directory?

Research (R:) is a shared space set up for various research groups. Additional customized research volumes exist with alternate paths.

What is T:?

Think of (T:) as a drive containing all the other drives. Mapping it should eliminate the need to map any of the other network drives.

What is the Web Directory?

Web (W:) is shared space for various groups dedicated for web sites.

What is the Scratch Directory?

Scratch (S:) is temporary space (7 days) that is never backed up and is used for large computational jobs.