IGM IT

* RAS

Go to http://ras.ncl.ac.uk/
You may need to install some additional software on the computer that you are using to log into RAS with.  Use the links provided on the RAS front page to download and install this software.

Log in to RAS as usual
Click on My Drives icon (if this icon is missing, click on the + icon; All Apps; scroll down and click on My Drives icon)
Wait for window to appear showing your drives. Be patient.

RAS labels the S: drive as “FLOWCF (\\campus.ncl.ac.uk\scratch\IHGSCRATCH)”… and it labels the R: drive as  “FLOWCF (\\campus.ncl.ac.uk\igm)”

If these are missing, click on Computer icon
Click ‘Map network drive’ option
Change Drive: to S
Change folder to: \\campus.ncl.ac.uk\scratch\IHGSCRATCH\FLOWCF
tick the ‘reconnect at logon’ box
click Finish button

IMPORTANT! Right-click on some white space, within that window, and choose “refresh” from the menu. The S: drive will now appear.

Repeat this for the R: drive by clicking on the  “Map network drive’ option

Change Drive: to R
Change folder to: \\campus.ncl.ac.uk\igm\flowcf
tick the ‘reconnect at logon’ box
click Finish button

IMPORTANT! Right-click on some white space, within that window, and choose “refresh” from the menu. The R: drive will now appear.

The drives shown under the “Network Location” section are your University mapped drives, and these include your H: drive (labelled as “Documents”). You may also have an Institute drive (the IGM uses the Z: drive and this provides access to Institute shared folders and our groups research folders).

The section labelled “Other” contains access to the local drives associated with your off campus computer, the one you are logging into RAS with. These drives will vary but they will usually include your computer’s C: drive – often labelled as “Local Disk” – and any portable drives or USB sticks attached to your computer. Explore these local drives by double-clicking on them so that you become familiar with where things are stored on your local computer. You will be asked about giving RAS permission to access these particular drives –  it’s just a precaution.

To copy data from the University to your off campus computer, double-click on the relevant drive under “Network Location” until you find the folder/file you are looking for. Right-click on this file/folder, and from the pop-up menu, select ‘Copy’.

Now double-click on the relevant drive under “Other”. Note that you will be asked about giving RAS permission to access this local drive. Now find somewhere appropriate to store this data and right-click on the location. Choose ‘Paste’ from the pop-up menu.

This copy/paste technique is how you copy data between the University and your off campus computer.