The My Drives feature found on ras.ncl.ac.uk allows you to access your H: drive and research folder(s), more commonly known within the IGM as the Z: drive.<\/p>\n
Please note:<\/p>\n
* On your personal\/home computer, you will need to install some software first before you can use RAS. It is available from the welcome page at http:\/\/ras.ncl.ac.uk\/<\/p>\n
* RAS\/My Drives will automatically display your H: drive. However, it does not yet know about your Z: drive or any other drives that you may use e.g. Flow Cytometry S: and R: drives. You need to add these drives yourself. Hence these instructions!<\/p>\n
Please visit http:\/\/ras.ncl.ac.uk and install the RAS client software. There are links to this from the welcome page. Windows and Mac clients are available.<\/p>\n
When ready, log into RAS using your ISS login and password, via http:\/\/ras.ncl.ac.uk<\/p>\n
Click on the My Drives icon and wait. Be patient!<\/p>\n
Eventually a window will appear, displaying your drives. Your H: drive is represented by something called “Documents” (found in the Network Location section). The drives found in “Other” usually represent the drives that belong to the computer you are using. You may have a number of “Other” drives, depending on what is attached to your computer.<\/p>\n
To Add your Z: drive:<\/p>\n
Click on “Map Network Drive” button
\nChange the Drive: letter to Z
\nIn the Folder: box carefully type: \\\\campus.ncl.ac.uk\\igm
\nTick the “Reconnect at logon” option
\nClick the Finish button<\/p>\n
There is an issue whereby the window does not update immediately – it can appear as if nothing has happened! Simply right-click on some white space and choose “refresh” from the menu.<\/p>\n
You will now see your new drive, which should be labelled as “igm (\\\\campus.ncl.ac.uk)”. This Z: drive contains both the IGM shared area and all the various research folders for the Institute.<\/p>\n
Important! RAS does not provide a drag and drop environment, so while it may appear similar to Microsoft Windows, it is NOT Microsoft Windows! However, you can copy and paste files\/folders between your University drives and the drives that you have on your local computer.<\/p>\n
In most cases, double-clicking on a file will bring up the appropriate the program in RAS. For example, if you clicked on a PDF file within RAS, it would launch the RAS hosted version of Adobe Acrobat Reader. When it comes across a file that it does not understand then it will prompt you about it. In some cases, you really are not going to get RAS to open that “unknown” file. You can use the copy\/paste technique above to copy the file and use it on another computer.<\/p>\n
The drives that appear under “Other” are the drives that RAS identifies as belonging to your local computer. You can browse through any of these drives. You then right-click on a file\/folder that you want to copy,
\nchoose “copy” from the menu. You then browse the drive that you want to save the file\/folder to, right-click and choose “paste”. That is how you copy items to\/from your University\/local drives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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