Accessing files on hypatia.uio.no

This text describes how to access storage on hypatia from Windows.

Accessing storage on hypatia.uio.no from computers not managed by UiO

See instructions here: Storage on hypatia - WinSCP

Pinning the folder to the Quick access section

The Quick access section can be found at the top of the navigation pain on the left side of the File Explorer. To pin the folder to the Quick access section you should first navigate to the folder on hypatia.uio.no. Enter

\\hypatia.uio.no\lh-mn-geofag-felles

in the address bar in the File Explorer. You can then press the 'Pin to Quick access' icon in the 'Home' tab of the ribbon as shown in the screenshot below. Or you can right-click on Quick access in the navigation pane. Select **Pin to Quick access**. This should give you an entry in the Quick access section named lh-mn-geofag-felles that is a shortcut to the lh-mn-geofag-felles folder on hypatia.uio.no.

Pin to Quick access

Mounting the network share as a drive letter

To mount the network share as a drive letter you should open a Command prompt from the Start menu. Enter the command

net use l: \\hypatia.uio.no\lh-mn-geofag-felles

and the network share should be mounted under the drive letter l:.

Net use command

Shortcut to network location

On the computers in the Geosciences' computer labs and the terminal servers run by the department there should be a premade shortcut to the department share on hypatia. This shortcut is named 'Geofag - Fellesdisk'.

Network locations: showing shortcuts to personal and department storage on hypatia.uio.no

Personal storage on hypatia.uio.no

Personal storage folders on hypatia.uio no will be available on the network share

\\hypatia.uio.no\lh-mn-geofag-personlig
Published Feb. 19, 2021 3:11 PM - Last modified Feb. 12, 2024 2:09 PM