All Tarleton students, faculty and staff are provided a file storage location known as the T: drive
What is the T: drive?
The T: drive is accessible on any Tarleton computer and has around 1GB storage space. This allows students, faculty and staff to save documents at any Tarleton computer and then open the same document at any other Tarleton computer.
Limitations of the T: drive
While the T: drive is a convenient resource for saving documents on a Tarleton classroom, lab or office computer, there are limitations to consider:
- The T: drive is automatically mapped on Tarleton Windows computers as drive letter T, but it does not appear on macOS computers.
- The T: drive storage limit is 1GB. In comparison, your OneDrive storage limit is 5TB. This means your OneDrive has roughly 5,000 times more storage than the T: drive.
- The T: drive is not automatically mapped on your home Windows computer.
- The T: drive is not accessible via the web. It always requires VPN when away from the campus network.
How to access T: drive files and folders on a Tarleton macOS computer
Follow these steps to connect to your T: drive from a Tarleton macOS computer
- Open Finder
- Click Go from the top menu
- Select Connect to Server
- Faculty/Staff - Type smb://store01/FacultyStaff/YourUsernameHere in the Server Address field
- Students - Type smb://store01/students/LastDigitOfUID/UID (Ex. smb://store01/students/9/123456789 )
- Click the + sign if you wish to add this to your Favorite Servers list
- Click Connect
How to access T: drive remotely
Prerequisite - install and configure the Tarleton VPN on your personal device.
Windows instructions. Open VPN and establish connection to Tarleton.
- Open File Explorer
- Select Computer from the menu
- Select Map network drive, then select Map network drive
- Choose drive letter T: from the list of available drive letters
- Faculty/Staff: In Folder field, type in \\store01\facultystaff\YourUsernameHere
- Students: In Folder filed, type in \\store01\students\LastDigitOfUID\UID (Ex. \\store01\students\9\123456789 )
- Check the Reconnect at sign-in if you wish to save this drive letter mapping
- Click Finish
Tarleton Windows laptops: Your T: drive will be automatically mapped and available when connected to your home Internet with VPN active.
Mac instructions. Open VPN and establish connection to Tarleton.
- Open Finder
- Click Go from the top menu
- Select Connect to Server
- Faculty/Staff - Type smb://store01/FacultyStaff/YourUsernameHere in the Server Address field
- Students - Type smb://store01/students/LastDigitOfUID/UID (Ex. smb://store01/students/9/123456789 )
- Click the + sign if you wish to add this to your Favorite Servers list
- Click Connect
Files you download from your T: drive and modify on your local computer are not synced back to the T: drive. You must save the modified file back to your T: drive.