Students, staff, and faculty have access to certain shares on the IUP network. In order to easily view these shares, you must map the network share on your computer. This process is called drive mapping. When you map a drive, you assign the network share a letter. If you want to go to that network share, you simply click on the drive letter from your computer file system.
The "H Drive", "O Drive", and "P Drive" are some of the most common mappings. When you click on the P Drive, for example, you are taken to the Project folder, which is often the storage place for materials pertaining to your classes.
When you are on campus, and connected to the IUP network, you can map your IUP drives using the instructions provided on this page. The instructions for mapping the drives are below the list of drive mappings.
It is important to remember, when you are off campus, you must use VPN to connect to the IUP network before you try to map an IUP drive, or access a drive you have already mapped.
Home Directory (H Drive)
The Home Directory, or "H Drive", is a folder that is located on the IUP network that you, and only you, have access to.
Some colleges follow the Employee drive mapping. Each college is different. Please log an
ihelp ticket to find out your specific path if the Employee path does not work.
yourusername = Replace this with your IUP Computing Username
Office Directory (O Drive) for Employees
The Office Directory or "O Drive", is a folder located on the IUP network which is only available to members of the same office.
officeshare = Name of the shared directory folder for your particular office. Each office will have a different folder name.
Project Directory (P Drive)
The Project Directory or "P Drive", is a folder located on the IUP network which is only available to instructors and students of individual classes. After the P drive is mapped, you will still have to navigate to your particular class.
The "X Drive", is a folder located on the IUP network which is only available to individuals who have been granted access.
The History Portfolio is shared space on the IUP network for history majors to store their portfolio data.
The Nursing Portfolio is shared space on the IUP network for Nursing majors to store their portfolio data.
These instructions will guide you through the mapping process for your specific computer/operating system.
You must be connected to the IUP network before you start this process. If you are on campus and connected to IUP, you can proceed with the mapping process. If you are off campus, you must connect the IUP network via VPN, before you try to access mapped drives.
Please note that we do not support Windows XP or Vista operating systems.
Windows 10 Drive Mapping Instructions
For example: P for the Project drive or the “P-drive”.
Note 1: Enter your IUP username as iupmsd\username, substituting your username and paying careful attention to the direction of the backslash (\)
Upon successful authentication, the mapped drive will appear in a new window.
If you would like to create a shortcut to your mapped drive:
You will then have a shortcut on your desktop to the newly created drive mapping.
Apple MAC Drive Mapping Instructions
Windows 8 or 8.1 Drive Mapping Instructions
Windows 7 Drive Mapping Instructions
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