Where should I save my files?

Employees:
Save your files to your network storage drive (the “O:” drive).  Unlike desktop and laptop hard drives, the network storage drives are backed up nightly and can be restored.

The O: drive has both a folder for your personal use to store college-related files on the network and departmental network storage used to store college-related files on the network.

Files stored in your My Documents folder, desktop or libraries folders on your hard drive (C:) are not backed up and cannot be restored if deleted or hardware failure occurs.

It is strongly recommended that all college-related files are stored on a network drive. To request access to a departmental network drive, use the Network Drive Access Request form and request access for yourself and/or others.  You must be or have the Data Owner's permission before requesting access to a departmental network drive.

Students:
Save your files on either your Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive. To access either drive, follow the steps below.

To log into your OneDrive:
Note:Your Owens Microsoft OneDrive account is deleted after you have not taken classes for one year or two consecutive semesters. For graduates, you will lose access to your account one month after graduation. Make sure you download any files you want save.

1. Go to onedrive.owens.edu
2. Log in using your Owens username and password. 
3. Click on the OneDrive icon.
   
   

To log into Google Drive:
Currently you also have the option to use Google Drive (unlimited) for cloud storage which is associated with your Omail+ account.

Note: Your Owens Google account is deleted after you have not taken classes for one year or two consecutive semesters. For graduates, you will lose access to your account one month after graduation. Make sure you download any files you want save.

To access Google Drive:

1. Log into your Ozone account. 
2. Click on Student Email button located below the Blackboard and Workday icons.
3. Click the Google Apps (small grid) icon in the upper right corner, next to Omail+.
4. Select Drive.