Connecting to the Storage Server on Windows XP (On Campus)
This page contains instructions for connecting to the Storage Server from Windows XP computers (but can also be done from a mac and off-campus). There are several ways of doing this:
1. If you have logged on to a school computer in a dorm or academic lab:
- Open “My Computer”.
- Look under the “Network Drives” section of the “My Computer” window.
- Double-click the drive with your user name on it (ie, “sandoste on ‘storage:student_s_z’ H:”).
2. Open the Start Menu and click “Run…”
- type \\storage
- select the appropriate “student_x_y” folder as described in method #2.
- open the folder with your username.
3. If you are on the ResNet using Windows XP or Vista:
- Open “My Computer”
- In the “Address” field towards the top of the window, type “\\storage.grinnell.edu\”
- When prompted for your username and password, type “GRIN\username” for your username and your regular Grinnell password for your password
- A large list of folders should appear
- Select the appropriate “student_x_y” folder as described in method #2
- Open the folder with your username
- Here you will see a list of the files on your storage server
- All the standard Windows commands should work for these files. They can be opened by double clicking, copied, pasted, saved, etc.
If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact the Helpdesk by e-mail or at 641–269–4400.
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