Saving  Files  to  Your  P-­‐Drive  

 

When   creating   and   downloading   files,   it   is   important   that   you   save   these   documents   to   your  P-­‐drive.   A   P-­‐drive   is   your   own  personal   folder   that   can  be   accessed  on   any  Wagner  College  based  computer  through  your  Novell  account.  A  benefit  of  saving  documents  to  your  P-­‐drive  is  that  if  the  computer  malfunctions  and  you  already  saved   important   files   to  your  P-­‐drive,  you  will  always  be  able  to  access  it  on  another  computer.  

Note:  It  is  important  to  not  save  documents  to  the  desktop  when  working  in  the  computer  labs  because  once  you  restart  the  computer,  the  document  is  removed  and  disregarded.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accessing  your  P-­‐Drive  There  are  two  methods  you  can  use  to  access  the  files  from  your  P-­‐drive.      

Option  1  

On  your  desktop,  select  My  Computer.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once   in   the  My   Computer   folder,   you   will   notice   a   section   labeled  Network   Drives.   Under   this  section,   locate  where   it   says,   Firstname_Lastname   on   'Wagner_002\Files\Students'   (P:).   (If   you  are  faculty,   it  will  read  \Faculty  instead  of  \Students)  This   is  your  P-­‐Drive.  Once  you  click   into  it,  you  will  be  able  to  view  the  documents  in  your  P-­‐drive.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now  that  you  have  access  to  your  P-­‐drive,  you  can  view,  edit,  and  access  files  to  your  liking.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Option  2    

 

On  the  desktop,  you  should  see  an   icon   labeled  Personal  Drive   (P).  This   is  a  shortcut  created   for  you  that  will  take  you  to  your  P-­‐drive.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once  you  are  in  your  P-­‐drive  you  can  view,  edit  and  access  files  to  your  liking.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saving  Files  your  P-­‐Drive  

If  you  want  to  save  a  file  to  your  P-­‐drive,  such  as  a  Word  Document,  click  the  Windows  icon  in  the  top  left  hand  corner.  From  the  drop  down  menu,  click  Save.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This  will  bring  up  a  little  grey  box.  Notice  the  column  on  the  left  hand  side.  In  this  column  you  will  see   options   such   as   My   Documents,   My   Computer,   etc.   Select   My   Computer.   Once   in   My  Computer,   you   will   see   your   P-­‐drive,   which   is   labeled   Firstname_Lastname   on  'Wagner_002\Files\Students'   (P:).   (If   you  are   faculty,   it  will   read  \Faculty   instead  of   \Students)  Select  your  P-­‐drive.  Make  sure  that  you  give  the  file  you  are  saving  a  name  in  the  File  name   text  box  and  then  click  Save.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moving  Files  into  your  P-­‐Drive  

If  you   forgot   to  save  a  document   to  your  P-­‐drive  and  accidentally  saved   it   to  your  desktop   (or   in  another  place,)  you  can  always  move  the  file  into  your  P-­‐drive.    

In   order   to   start   the   process   of  moving   a   file   to   your   P-­‐drive,   you  must   locate   the   file   on   your  computer.  Click  on  the  desired  file  and  drag  it  into  your  Personal  Drive  (P)  located  either  from  the  shortcut  on  your  desktop  or  in  My  Computer.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To  view  the  file,  Click  on  Personal  Drive  (P).  The  file  should  have  been  moved  successfully.