The Information Technology department provides file space on the server des-classstore for use by College of Design students. ClassStore and Transfer are housed on this server and available on all College of Design Lab computers and to StudioNet users.

If you're interested in using the network drives ClassStore and Transfer on your personal computer, follow these instructions.

Users may now access ClassStore and Transfer from off campus by using NCSU's Virtual Private Network (VPN) service. Go to http://vpn.ncsu.edu/, login using your Unity ID and password and allow the software to install and connect to the campus network. You will need to do this each time you want to connect to the campus network from off campus. Once you are connected to the campus network via VPN, you can follow the instructions below to access ClassStore and Transfer as though you were on campus.

Please follow these guidelines when using Transfer and ClassStore:

For you own protection, do not keep your only copy of a file in Transfer or ClassStore!

Copy files to your local hard drive while you work. Don't work directly from Transfer or ClassStore.

Files on Transfer are DELETED each morning at 8:00 a.m. Once they are deleted, files cannot be recovered. Please use Transfer as the name inplies—to transfer files from one computer to another. Please delete files from Transfer when you are finished to make room for other users' files.

ClassStore is divided into folders for specific courses. Only students registered for a specific course are allowed to use that folder. Students should create a folder and name it using their first and last name. Other files and folders are subject to be deleted.

Please limit the files in ClassStore so that all users will have room for their files. ClassStore folders are limited to 500 MB. Please remove any files you are no longer using. Please remove any files over two weeks old. When you complete an assignment, please remove all files related to the assignment to make room for others.

Files that violate the above guidelines will be placed in a folder named: "****Clean These Out By _________" (the blank will be a date). Users have until that date to clean up their files before they are deleted.

WINDOWS XP INSTRUCTIONS (Windows Vista instructions below)

Step #1: Open the My Computer window (the icon will either be located on your desktop, or in your Start menu). In the My Computer window, open the Tools menu, and select Map Network Drive...

Step #2: In the Map Network Drive window, choose a drive letter (such as Z:) in the Drive: box. In the Folder: box, type the following, exactly as listed:

\\des-classstore.sod.ncsu.edu\classstore (if you want to map classstore) or \\des-classstore.sod.ncsu.edu\transfer (if you want to map transfer).

NOTE: classstore is spelled with 3 Ss.

The "\\" in front is important. Leaving it off will cause the drive mapping to fail. Make sure that "Reconnect at logon" is checked. Then click on "Connect using a different user name."

Step #3: At the login window, in the User name field type: WOLFTECH\yourUnityID (replace yourUnityID with your Unity ID - i.e. if your Unity ID was jwolfpa, you would enter WOLFTECH\jwolfpa). In the Password field, enter your Unity password. (The password will appear as a series of dots. This is normal). Press OK.

Step #4: Your computer will attempt to connect to the drive. If there are no errors, then you'll be returned to the previous window. Click on the Finish button, and you'll be returned to the My Computer window. Your new drive should show up under the Network Drives heading.

WINDOWS VISTA INSTRUCTIONS (Windows XP instructions above)

Step #1: Double-click on Computer and select Map Network Drive.

Step #2: In the popup window, choose a drive letter.

In the folder field type: \\des-classstore.sod.ncsu.edu\classstore (if you want to map classstore) or \\des-classstore.sod.ncsu.edu\transfer (if you want to map transfer)

NOTE: classstore is spelled with 3 Ss.

The "\\" in front is important. Leaving it off will cause the drive mapping to fail. Make sure that "Reconnect at logon" is checked. Then click on "Connect using a different user name."

At the login window, in the User name field type: WOLFTECH\yourUnityID (replace yourUnityID with your Unity ID - i.e. if your Unity ID was jwolfpa, you would enter WOLFTECH\jwolfpa). In the Password field, enter your Unity password. (The password will appear as a series of dots. This is normal). Press OK.

Step #4: Your computer will attempt to connect to the drive. If there are no errors, then you'll be returned to the previous window. Click on the Finish button, and you'll be returned to the Computer window. Your new drive should show up under the Network Drives heading.

If you have trouble, please contact the College of Design IT staff in Brooks 202-204 for help. If you have a laptop you need help with, bring it with you. You can also send an email to design_help@ncsu.edu with specific information about your problem.