Connect a PC to Weinberg IT Network Storage

Connect to your personal network drive

1. Connect to the VPN, if you are off-campus

2. Right click My Computer
3. Select Map Network Drives
4. Select drive letter Z: from the drop down menu
5. At folders, type \\<first letter in NetID>-home.ad.wcas.northwestern.edu\<NetID> (if your NetID is abc123, the path is \\a-home.ad.wcas.northwestern.edu\abc123)
6. Choose Connect using a different user name
7. In the User name field, type in AD\<NetID>, and leave the password field blank
8. Click OK
9. Put a check in Reconnect at logon
10. Click Finish
11. Enter your NetID password when prompted

Connect to a Group network drive

1. Connect to the VPN, if you are off-campus
2. Right click My Computer
3. Select Map Network Drives
4. Select drive letter Y: from the drop down menu. If Y: is already in use, please select a different drive letter.
5. At folders, type \\groups.ad.wcas.northwestern.edu\<share name>                       (see list of department names)
6. Choose Connect using a different user name
7. In the User name field, type in AD\<NetID>, and leave the password field blank
8. Click OK
9. Put a check in Reconnect at logon
10. Click Finish
11. Enter your NetID password when prompted
12. Repeat these steps for each group network drive you want to connect to

To access your drives after initial setup

1. When you login to your computer, you will get a message stating, "Could not reconnect all network drives." This message can be ignored.
2. Connect to the VPN, if you are off-campus
3. Open My Computer
4. Double click the network drive that you want to connect to
5. Enter your current NetID password to reconnect