Connecting to W & P Drives on Chrome OS

Owned by Will Mack, created
Nov 28, 2022
2 min read

Please use the following instructions to access your department's W Drive or your own personal P Drive from a Chromebook or other Chrome OS-based device.

Instructions for connecting to W Drive

  1. Install the following Chrome extension from Google: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/network-file-share-for-ch/ndjpildffkeodjdaeebdhnncfhopkajk

  2. Once you do, you should be able to use the search button on the bottom-left for "files"

  3. Click on the blue circle with folder called Files.

  4. Click the + Add new services option on the left-hand side.

  5. Click Network File Share for Chrome OS.

  6. Type: \\netapp1.ncssm.edu\department\[YourDepartmentNameHere]. Change [YourDepartmentNameHere] to your NCSSM department name without the brackets. For instance "...\department\its".
    Department choices: Here are the available department names to choose from: (note that these are not case-sensitive)
    * AcademicPrograms
    * Admissions
    * Advancement
    * Athletics
    * Business
    * Chancellor
    * Clinic
    * Communications
    *Counselling
    * DEEP
    * Engineering
    * HR
    * Humanities
    * IR
    * ITS
    * Library
    * Mathematics
    * NCSSM
    * PhysicalPlant
    * Q
    * Registrar
    * Science
    * Security
    * SLA
    * SLI

  7. Check My file share needs a password.

  8. Type in your username (not email address) and password.

  9. Click Mount.

Now when you go to the Files app on your Chromebook, you will see the W drive mapped along the left-hand side.

Instructions for connecting to P Drive

Note: ITS does not recommend the use of P Drives, and strongly suggest using Google Drive instead. For instructions on how to set up Google Drive, please visit this link: Google Drive

  1. Install the following Chrome extension from Google: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/network-file-share-for-ch/ndjpildffkeodjdaeebdhnncfhopkajk

  2. Once you do, you should be able to use the search button on the bottom-left for "files"

  3. Click on the blue circle with folder called Files.

  4. Click the + Add new services option on the left-hand side.

  5. Click Network File Share for Chrome OS.

  6. Type: \\netapp1.ncssm.edu\staff\[yourusernamehere]. Change [yourusernamehere] to your NCSSM username without the brackets. For instance "...\staff\justin.fleming".

  7. Check My file share needs a password.

  8. Type in your username (not email address) and password.

  9. Click Mount.

Now when you go to the Files app on your Chromebook, you will see the P drive mapped along the left-hand side. 

If you have any questions or issues with these processes, please contact ITS.