Research Data Services upgraded their storage service in November 2017. Previously, if you wanted to move data from a microscope computer to your RDS project folder you would have to use an FTP client like Filezilla or WinSCP. Now it is possible to mount your project folder as a drive in Windows. To do this in Windows 7, please follow the procedure below:
- Click on the Windows Start Button and select Computer
- Click 'Map network drive'
- In the folder field, type \\ssh.rd.ucl.ac.uk\ followed by your RDS project folder. For example, to connect to a project folder called 'ritd-ag-project-rd001wrd011d-skraw86shtf76' I would type: '\\ssh.rd.ucl.ac.uk\ritd-ag-project-rd001wrd011w-skraw86shtf76'
- Check the box 'Connect using different credentials'
- In the User name field, type in your UCL username preceded by ad\
- Type in your UCL password
- Click OK
Your RDS project folder should now mount as a drive and you can drag and drop your data into it. Please remember to disconnect from your drive at the end of your session; otherwise other people may have access to your folder and could accidentally delete data or erroneously save their data in your project.
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