The new server environment provides users with an automatically backed-up H: drive for personal documents and files, as well as a W: drive for web space. The H: drive stores documents accessibly from any network location, backing up files in the user's "My Documents" folder when logged in. The W: drive serves as web space for personal websites, accessible at http://web.wilkes.edu/userid/ and requires basic HTML knowledge to create and maintain a site.

1. H: Drive & W: Drive Web Space
The new server environment provides users with an automatically backed-up
home (or H:) drive and web space (also
known as the W: drive).
If you click on “My Computer” on your
desktop, you can see a visual
representation of these drives under
“Network Drives.” Your H drive is also
visible as a drive icon on your desktop as
“Your name”
The H: drive is your secure personal server space, where you may locate
documents you want to be accessible from other network locations or remotely
(see below). All documents in your “My Documents” folder will be backed-up on
the H: drive when you login and periodically during the day. Your machine must
be turned on and connected to the network for the back up to run.
Your new W: drive is web space serves your web pages to the general public.
You may add web pages to the server via drag-and-drop methods on the
desktop, or you may use FTP.
The naming scheme for your web space is: http://web.wilkes.edu/userid/
To create your personal website, an index.htm page and basic knowledge of
website architecture and design is required. If you need assistance, contact the
Help Desk.