Everyone in the Wagner College community has a personal network folder (the P drive). This folder can be accessed from any computer on our network and provides a place where important documents, data and images can be stored. Your personal drive is personal – only you can access its contents.

By storing a document on your P drive, you are ensuring that you can access the document when you are somewhere else on campus. The new multimedia classrooms have network connections, so you could store a presentation on your P drive and show it during class. If you work on a document in the Library and store it on your P drive, you will be able to access it when you are in your dorm room or working with a study group. You do need to set your dorm computer up to access your P-drive and directions are available at Dorm Access to Your P-Drive. 

People tend to store most of their documents locally – on the hard drive of their computer. Remember that hard drives fail - luckily not often, but usually with devastating consequences. Laptop users should be especially aware since the extra mobility also increases the chances for hard drive failure. Leaving the machine in a hot car, dropping it, or having it stolen can result in significant data loss. Using the network drives regularly for storage and back-up will help to mitigate the severity of the loss if a problem with your hard drive occurs.