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MANAGING YOUR H:\ DRIVE

Cleaning Up Your Home Directory
If you receive a message indicating that available disk space for your Home Directory is running low, you will need to remove some items from your H Drive. The following information is provided to help you safely clean up your H Drive and then maintain the Drive so that disk space is used efficiently.

When cleaning up your H Drive, DO NOT DELETE ITEMS FROM YOUR NOTES DIRECTORY. Also, DO NOT DELETE ITEMS FROM YOUR NT WORKSTATION PROFILE, except as indicated below.

Some word processing programs, specifically Word Perfect and Microsoft Word, default on the "save" command to a Directory named "Personal." It is referred to as "Personal" because items stored in this Directory become a part of your personal NT profile. When the Directory becomes overloaded with items that should not be part of your NT profile, the storage of that profile can require an excessive amount of server space.

To free up space in your Home Directory, it is suggested that you move or delete items from your "Personal" Directory. The "Personal" Directory is a sub-directory of your Windows NT Workstation Profile. This is the only folder in your Windows NT Workstation Profile from which you should delete items.

To delete items:

  • Select the items which you want to delete - you can select more than one item at a time by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking on the individual file names.
  • With the files selected, from the File pulldown menu, select "Delete."

To move items:

  • Select the items which you want to move - you can select more than one item at a time by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking on the individual file names.
  • With the files selected, drag to the new location in which the items will be stored.

Managing Your Home Directory Space
To avoid future problems with overloading your Personal directory, it is necessary to change the default directory for each of the individual applications that are pre-set to default to your Personal directory. Steps for changing the default directory for some of more commonly used applications are provided below.

Corel Word Perfect and Corel Presentations
From the Tools pull-down menu:

  1. 1. Click on Settings
  2. Click on Files
  3. Click on the folder icon next to the "Default Folder" field
  4. Locate the folder which you want to designate as "Default"
  5. Highlight the folder name
  6. Click "Select"

Corel QuattroPro
From the Tools pull-down menu:

  1. Click on Settings
  2. Click on File Options
  3. Click on the folder icon next to the "Default Folder" field
  4. Locate the folder which you want to designate as "Default"
  5. Highlight the folder name
  6. Click "Select"

Microsoft Word
From the Tools pull-down menu:

  1. Click on Options
  2. Click on Files Locations
  3. Choose File Type
  4. Click on Modify
  5. Choose a new Default Directory

Microsoft Excel
From the Tools pull-down menu:

  1. Click on Options
  2. Click on General
  3. In "Default File Location" field, type the name of your chosen default folder

Microsoft Power Point (you must have an active document)
From the Tools pull-down menu:

  1. Click on Options
  2. Click on Advanced
  3. In "Default File Location" field, type the name of your chosen default folder

Microsoft Access (you must have an active document)
From the Tools pull-down menu:

  1. Click on Options
  2. Click on General
  3. In "Default File Location" field, type the name of your chosen default folder