Using FTP to get to your H: Drive and Your S: Drive

          Written by Don McIver, Business and Information Technology Department.

 

This document is written as though you are at your home computer and you have WS-FTP(LE) or an equivalent FTP program installed on your home PC.  If you do not have WS-FTP(LE) or an equivalent installed, then you can download a free version of WS-FTP(LE) from my web site:

 

Here is a picture of a portion of my site; right click on Get FTP, select Save Target As and save the .exe file on your home desktop.  Then navigate to your home desktop, and to the .exe file using Windows Explorer, and double click on the .exe file to run the WS-FTP install program.

 

 

Once you have installed WS-FTP(LE), run the program and follow the steps shown below:

 

Using FTP to get to your H: Drive

 

The first time you start WS-FTP, you will probably get a page like this:

Figure 1

 

In the Session Properties window, click on New so you can create a new session profile.  This window will appear.

Figure 2.

 

 

Fill in the form as shown below: 

GCCAZ-H is an aribitrary name, but it describes your H drive, so I would suggest you use it.

 

Host name must be as shown.

 

Host type should be as shown.

 

User ID should be your palette username.

 

Password should be your palette password.
 
Figure 3

 

 

Next, click on the StartUp tab.  Fill it in as shown below.

Figure 4

The \home directory is required.

 

The \r is the first letter in your username.

 

The \d is the 2nd letter in your username.

 

The rdmciver is your username.
 

 

next, click the OK button.

 

 

Connection is then initiated and the next screen you see should look similar to Figure 5.

 

Figure 5

The left windows shows files on your home machine.  The right window shows files on your H: drive at GCC.

 

Additional information is available using Help under WS-FTP(LE).

 

Using FTP to get to your S: Drive

 

Create a new Session as shown in Figure 6 below:

Use you username and your password.  Clcik on the Startup tab and fill in the form as shown below:

 

Figure 7

Press the OK button and the following window should be displayed:

 

Figure 8

The shared courses folders are shown in the right hand (remote) window.  Double click on a folder name to expand the folder and navigate down to your Section and to your username.

 

You can now transfer files from your local machine (home computer) to the S: drive at GCC.