Overview of Mapped Drives

Per default, only one drive is mapped: your homedirectory (H:)

Your Homedirectory at D-ITET (H:)

This is where you should save your data. Your Windows 7 userprofile is also stored on this homedirectory.

A scheduled backup job saves this data every night.

Mapping your Homedirectory provided by ID

If you are a student and use a ISG.EE managed Windows 7 workstation, your homedirectory will be provided by us.

If you still want/need to access the homedirectory you used at Hauptgebäude, you can map it yourself.

Mapping via Windows Explorer

• * Open Windows Explorer, click on "Computer", in the toolbar click on "Map network drive"

• * In the next window, provide the following information:
  • 1) The drive letter. Select it from the dropdown list

  • 2) The path to your homedirectory. This is \\d.ethz.ch\dfs\users\<initial_of_your_username>\<your_username> e.g. \\d.ethz.ch\dfs\users\t\testuser

  • 3) Whether you want the drive to reconnect at a later logon. Check or uncheck that checkbox.

Mapping via the command line

For mapping the drive via the command line, open the cmd.

Type the following command:

 net use * \\d.ethz.ch\dfs\users\<initial_of_your_username>\<your_username> /persistent:yes 

This will do the following:

• -The first * will use the last available drive letter to map the drive -The option /persistent:yes will re-map the drive at a later login. Change it to /persistent:no if you do not want that