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Overview

Saunders Technical Support provides file services to our faculty and staff in the form of the H: and P: drive. Both of these drives are backed up on a routine basis and are stored on a secure server.

Saunders File Servers

H: Drive

The H: drive is used for groups of individuals that wish to share files with other individuals. A hierarchy has been created for various divisions and committees to share files as well as groups of people to setup project folders. Folders on the H: drive are restricted to certain individuals. If you would like a new folder created on the H: drive or require access to an existing folder, please make contact with Saunders Technical Support and we will work with the owner of the folder to fulfill your request.

P: Drive

The P: drive is used by individuals to save personal files in a safe and secure location. The P: Drive should be used instead of my Documents. P: drives are not shared with multiple users. This is what the H: drive is for. Each faculty and staff member is encouraged to store any important files on the P: drive. Because Saunders Technical Support does not backup individual workstations, by storing files on the P: drive, users do not need to worry should their computer fail.

How to connect

Before May 27, 2019, please use the instructions at H and P Drives to access the H: drive.

Before July 8, 2019, please use the instructions at H and P Drives to access the P: drive.

Off Campus Issues

To connect to the H: or P: drives from off campus, you must first establish a connection using the RIT VPN Client.

Saunders Managed Computer

Navigate to C:\SCB\Support and double-click on the H and P file. This will run a script to automatically connect you to the H: and P: drives.

Windows

Start by opening File Explorer (press Windows Key & E), click on This PC, Computer, and Map Network Drive.

Select drive letter H: or any other free drive to use.
For the folder and enter: \\main.ad.rit.edu\Shares\SCB\SCB_Shared
Then uncheck Reconnect at logon and check Connect using a different credentials

For the P: drive, repeat these steps and select drive letter P: or any other free drive to use.
For the folder and enter: \\main.ad.rit.edu\Shares\SCB\SCB_Personal\abcbbu
Replace abcbbu with your RIT Computer Account username
Then uncheck Reconnect at logon and check Connect using different credentials

If you are using an RIT Computer, do not check Connect using different credentials.

Enter your RIT Computer Account username preceded by MAIN\ and then your RIT Computer Account Password and finally click OK.

Once the drive is mapped, you should be able to find it under Computer.

Mac OS X

From Finder, click Connect to Server under the Go menu.

For access to the H: Drive, please enter smb://main.ad.rit.edu/Shares/SCB/SCB_Shared.

For access to the P: Drive, please enter smb://main.ad.rit.edu/Shares/SCB/SCB_Personal/abcbbu. Replace abcbbu with your RIT Computer Account username.

Click Connect.

When prompted for your username and password, select Registered User.

For Name, enter your RIT Computer Account username preceded by main\. Example: main\abcbbu

For Password, enter your RIT Computer Account password. We recommend you do not save the password in your keychain.