Windows XP Instructions for Connecting to the LFSC File System

Windows XP Instructions for Connecting to the LFSC File System/Backup
Note: If you are running Mcafee Virus Scanner, please disable it prior to connecting to this system.
Step 1: In any open folder window, click on the address/explorer bar, and type
\\clfsfs002.ad.umd.edu
Then Press Enter.

Step 2: After you press enter, an authentication screen will pop up. Authentication is by your
directory ID and password, HOWEVER, you must put @ad.umd.edu AFTER your Directory ID.
In the below example, my directory ID is rhshah. So my login to the server will be
rhshah@ad.umd.edu
My password to the server will be the same as my directory ID password.
Hit ok and continue. If there is a login failure, then you are either not on the system yet (please
contact Raju at rhshah@umd.edu or you put in the wrong password. The server authenticates
with your directory password, which is the same password you use to check your email.
Step 3: If your login is successful, a number of folders will appear. Ignore your user name
folder, and double click on the CBMG Folder. Then double click on Home. Then double click

within the various divisions of CBMG (staff/faculty,etc) for which you belong. You’ll eventually
see a list of user names, and double click on yours. These are your LFSC College Backup Folders.
Step 4: There are three main folders for each individual. Drop Box, Personal Files, and Public.
Personal files is where you store information you don’t want anyone else to have access to.
Drop Box is for receiving files from other individuals. If you browse to someone’s dropbox and
place a file in it, the file will disappear, but they will be able to access it. Public is for sharing
files with other people on the server. They can access and see the files, but not write to them.
At this point, we now want to map your server drive to your computer, so that you don’t have
to go through this process again. Don’t close the screen you have open, and follow the below
instructions!

How to Map Your Backup Drive To Your Computer
Step 5: Click in the address bar to see and select the address on the server you are currently at,
and hit CTRL-­‐C. This will copy the address to your clip board. (You can also use Edit-­‐Copy via
the folder menu’s, or right click and select copy) This example is for Dr. Smith but you have to
select your own drive.
Once you have copied this address with Ctrl-­‐C, proceed to the next step.
Step 6: Go to the folder menu option “Tools” and select “Map Network Drive”

Step 7: A Map Network Drive Window will pop up. Paste the Address you copied to your
clipboard into the folder location. Make sure “reconnect at login” is checked. Click Finish.
Step 8: Congratulations. You have setup your backup drive, and have mapped it to your
computer. From now on, to access your backup drive, browse to it like you would any drive on
your computer, and use your directoryID@ad.umd.edu as your login, and your directory
password as your password!
Your setup should look similar to below when all the steps are completed.

To access your folders, just click on the new network drive icon. (By default, this will be Drive Z:
on your computer). That’s it!
You can also use the MAP NETWORK DRIVE instructions for setting up other drives to
individuals drop boxes that you normally work with. An easy way to do this would be to copy
the address bar from this location and create a separate mapped drive for it. Here is the
address you’d use to easily access anyone’s dropbox or public folder within the entomology
department! Just make sure to select a different drive from your already mapped drives.