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Accessing Drive L:\...or Removable Disk E:\... or 3 1/2 Floppy A:\
On student reserved computer workstations, users can....
- Attach a file to their e-mail.
- Attach a document from a database to their e-mail
- Attach a document from a “My Documents – Public” folder or to their e-mail.
- Save, directly from a database to their Removable Disk E: or to their 3 ½ Floppy A:
- Save to a Public Folder on ThawSpace L:\ by using the "Up One Level" to find drives
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Users who get the following error message can still save files temporarily to C:\...My Computer \ ThawSpace L:\ My Documents - Public
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Due to security restrictions on the "student reserved" and "community use" computers, the workstation will not allow users to write to the C:\ drive. This error message appears when using the Public Web browser, but not MS Office programs. This is because the browser wants or tries to write a temporary file to the C:\ drive, which causes the error message.
Do *NOT* use the "drop-down arrow but use the Up - One - Level folder icon with the Green up arrow See the illustration below....
Choose Deskltop \ My Computer \ and then the drive and folder:
[ThawSpace L:\ My Documents - Public\.... or Removable Disk \ E:... or 3 ½ Floppy A:] |
Steps to save to ThawSpace L: \ drive or Removable Disk E: \ or 3 ½ Floppy A:\ drive
1) Do Not Select "My Documents" from the Drop Down Menu. This creates an error message
2) Use the green "Up One Level" arrow to locate the drive
3) Locate and open My Computer from the Desktop
4) From here you can see available drives within My Computer
- 3 ½ Floppy A:\
- CD Drive D:\
- Removable Disk E:\
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ThawSpace L:\
5) Choose ThawSpace L:\ drive. Save documents to My Documents - Public
Saving & Retrieving from
"My Documents - Public"
6) Locate My Documents - Public folder using the
Up-One-Level icon
 Up One Level
7) Locate My Computer \ ThawSpace L: [Step 4 above ]
8) Locate your document. Then open & print or attach to your e-mail
9) If you saved the file to Removable Disk E: \ use the Up-One-Level icon to find Removable Disk E:\
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