Connecting to an Employee H Drive

The H drive is space on the college’s network where employees can store files.

Students should see the article, Connect to a Student H Drive, for information about accessing their H Drives.

Mapping a Network Drive on a PC

  1. Open a File Explorer window from the taskbar or by clicking the Windows logo key + e on the keyboard.
  2. Right-click on This PC and choose Map Network Drive.
This PC - Map network drive menus
  1. From the Drive drop-down menu, select H.
  2. In the Folder field, enter the address for your network drive.
    • For an academic H drive, type \\acadhomenas.cc.gettysburg.edu\username$
      For example, if your username is jdoe, you would type \\acadhomenas.cc.gettysburg.edu\jdoe$
    • For an administrative H drive, type \\adminhomenas.admin.gettysburg.edu\username$
      For example, if your username is ssmith, type \\adminhomenas.admin.gettysburg.edu\ssmith$
Map Network Drive window PC
  1. Check the Reconnect at sign-in box so the drive will appear every time you logon to your computer.
  2. Click the Finish button.

Mapping a Network Drive on a Mac

  1. Open the Go menu and select Connect to Server.
Mac- Go menu-Connect to Server
  1. For an academic H drive enter smb://acadhomenas.cc.gettysburg.edu/username$
    For example, if your username is jdoe, you would type smb://acadhomenas.cc.gettysburg.edu\jdoe$
Mac-Connect to Server window with academic network address
  1. For an administrative H drive type smb://adminhomenas.admin.gettysburg.edu/username$
    For example, if your username is ssmith, type smb://adminhomenas.admin.gettysburg.edu/ssmith$
Mac-Connect to Server window with administrative network address
  1. Click the Connect Button.
  2. In the Attempting to connect to the server window that appears, click the  Connect button.
Mac - Attempting to connect to the server pop-up window
  1. Select the Registered User option.
Mac-connect to server-registered user password window
  1. In the Name and Password fields, enter your Gettysburg username and password.
  2. Click the Connect button.
Updated on May 12, 2023
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